by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from Appalachia to markets in every direction. Together these new...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
WEST WHITELAND, Pa. (CBS)–Some residents in Chester County are dealing with brown water flowing into their homes, and some have lost their well water completely. They blame a pipeline Sunoco is digging beneath their properties. David Mano showed CBS3 brown and cloudy...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
The stretch of Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge Mountains here is prized by hikers from around the world for its open ridgelines, spectacular geologic formations and challenging slopes. But one of the country’s most iconic viewsheds could soon be changed...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
RICHMOND — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday on two cases related to the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline, handing opponents a minor victory but otherwise leaving the huge project unscathed. The court found in favor of a small group of landowners in...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a state law that allows natural gas companies to enter private property without landowner permission to survey the route of a potential pipeline, but also required the companies to notify landowners of specific dates when crews...
