by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
You may recall that, last November, our old friend the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning death funnel and longtime conservative fetish object, sprang a particularly ill-timed leak, drowning a field on the border between the two Dakotas with 210,000 gallons...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 2, 2018 | Accidents, Fracking, Politics of energy
ShareGoogle+Email A contractor for natural gas pipeline company Kinder Morgan improperly dumped thousands of gallons in Agawam, Massachusetts. MASSLIVE / MASSLIVE.COM Originally published on December 30, 2017 4:47 pm A contractor for a natural gas pipeline company...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Deborah Kushner knows firsthand how a date, person or event can serve as a defining moment, splitting life into “before” and “after.” ForKushner, a resident of eastern Nelson County andher Nelson neighbors, that milestone is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. There was...
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 18, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
To the editor: The front page of the Nov. 12 Herald-Mail reported on the rebuilding of the Conococheague Aqueduct in Williamsport, an $8.9 million project to enhance and promote tourism of the C&O Canal National Historical Park. Then, on Nov. 17 came the news...
