by Nelson Bailey | Feb 14, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Posted: Sunday, February 12, 2017 12:00 am By Duncan Adams duncan.adams@roanoke.com | 981-3324 Mountain Valley Pipeline’s controversial quest to bury a 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline through the region requires the company to acquire easements across private...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 1, 2017 | Regulatory Permit Process
The horse isn’t dead but it’s surely taking a beating. “Incomplete” and “insufficient.” A “rolling document” that challenges public review. Hazards that “have not been not fully assessed.” These and other comments filed Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 22, 2016 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Groups call on FERC to issue completely revised Draft EIS. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the past three months, more than 16,000 people have sent comments or signed petitions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission demanding the agency do a thorough, accurate and...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 18, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Environmental groups are voicing opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cut across the Appalachian Trail in Virginia and require clearing a previously protected corridor of forest. The Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport natural gas from...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
If it is built, those living near a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station in Buckingham County would be forced to endure air and noise pollution, according to a new 19-page technical report titled “Pollution Report: Unfair, Illegal and...
