by Nelson Bailey | Aug 31, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
If you know where to look, you can spot them along the roadsides as you drive through the hilly farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Short wooden stakes stand exactly 50 feet apart, topped with orange tape. The markers seem benign, but for many Lancaster...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 30, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Drilling associated with the construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project has been halted after a material surfaced, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has confirmed. The DEP issued this statement on the matter: DEP is...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to hear another appeal challenging a controversial state law that allows surveyors for natural gas pipeline companies to enter private property without an owner’s consent. Chuck Lollar, a Norfolk-based lawyer representing six...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County yesterday was caused by a pipeline failure, investigators announced this afternoon. Update: The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
By Letters to the Editor Editor: Really?! Your headline article on Aug. 18, “Gas agreement near completion,” states that “Buckingham County will contribute $260,000 as an aid in construction toward the construction of the Lateral (line).” E.M. Wright refers to this as...