by Nelson Bailey | Feb 19, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Holdouts at the camp see the justice department’s recent round of arrests and warrants as an attempt to kill the movement’s momentum. Aubree Peckham darted through the hallways of the casino, desperate for answers. Word had spread that day in early February that...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
The energy company behind the disputed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has reported hundreds of thousands of gallons of spills from pipelines between 2015 and 2016, according to an analysis released earlier this month. According to the Feb. 6 report from the Louisiana...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project. Republican Doug...
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 13, 2016 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect a pipeline rupture that spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek, according to the pipeline’s operator, about 150 miles from the site of the Standing Rock protests. The potential for a...
