by Nelson Bailey | Jun 6, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Rover is Energy Transfer’s $3.7 billion, 711-mile Marcellus/Utica natural gas pipeline that will run from PA, WV and eastern OH through OH into Michigan and eventually into Canada. On April 13, Rover workers experienced an “inadvertent return” of “horizontal...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 3, 2017 | Pipelines, Press Releases
CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2017 CONTACT: Stephanie Weber, Virginia Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network; stephanie@chesapeakeclimate.org; 757-871-8639 Denise Robbins, Communications Director, Chesapeake Climate Action...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 2, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Oops! The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality denies that it’s backpedaling on a statement that it would review water crossings necessitated by the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. Yet, after saying in April that it would require a separate...
by Nelson Bailey | May 31, 2017 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Dominion targeting low-income communities with pipeline Twenty-four of the 25 counties that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) would impact are below the median income level for their state. These low income counties will suffer further if the pipeline is constructed,...
by Nelson Bailey | May 29, 2017 | Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
The draft environmental impact statement on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is massive — over 2,300 pages. Reviewing it is a daunting task. But in their one and a half page treatment of the “No Action Alternative” required by law, FERC’s bottom line is clear: the...
