by Nelson Bailey | Mar 11, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Members of Indian tribes from across the country began to arrive in Washington Tuesday for four days of protests, prayer and demonstrations to assert rights and raise awareness of issues affecting American Indians. The Native Nations Rise movement will bring a teepee...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Editor: I am responding to the article on Feb. 12 regarding the lawsuit against Buckingham County supervisors for their approval of a special use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (“Supervisors, ACP face suit over compressor station,”...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
William Atkinson and his wife Wilma are among 58 property owners in Michigan facing an eminent domain lawsuit filed in federal court by Energy Transfer Rover Pipeline earlier this month. “They want to build an access road through our property, but we have not...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
This is why water protectors continue to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite freezing temperatures and winter storms. In case you missed it, “water protectors” have been camped out near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, since April in protest of the four-state Dakota...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 26, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
This is the first of a two-part story about the potential impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on people and the environment. The second story, dealing with the environmental ramifications, will run Monday. Belinda Joyner rode shotgun and stared out the window at...
