by Nelson Bailey | Jan 21, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
The threats pipelines pose are numerous and extremely serious. Pipeline incidents have res ulted in over 500 deaths, nearly 3,000 injuries, and over $8.5 billion in financial costs from 1986 to 2016. Just this month, about 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2017 | Eminant Domain, For Landowners, Politics of energy
Quinn Robinson A “NO PIPELINE” button on Quinn Robinson’s jacket Kenda Hanuman Anti-pipeline sign in Buckingham County BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) -Dominion Energy is beginning the process to take land to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline through...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Newsletter, Politics of energy
NRDC recently commissioned an analysis from economists at the Applied Economics Clinic at Tufts University to dig into the repeated claim by project proponents that new interstate natural gas pipelines like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) or Mountain Valley Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
In an effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Friends of Nelson filed a request for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday on the commission’s recent decision to issue a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the natural gas...
