by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
Since oil prices collapsed, ‘the economics have just turned against it entirely,’ one economist said. The long-term future of Canada’s tar sands suffered a blow Thursday when TransCanada announced it would cancel a major pipeline project. The decision on the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Pipeline builder Sunoco is providing bottled water to a West Cornwall Township farm after complications from a detonation during construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, West Cornwall Township supervisors said during a news conference Thursday. Water tests found...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality plans to disclose in December its recommendations to the State Water Control Board regarding water quality certification for two deeply controversial natural gas pipelines. DEQ said it will recommend conditions that the...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 29, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The two joint ventures planning to route 42-inch diameter natural gas pipelines through forests and fields long to hear the whining roar and chatter of chainsaws felling trees. Both the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline hope to start clearing...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 27, 2017 | Accidents, Fracking, Health & Safety
Notice of Violation #13 for Rover Ohio EPA cited Rover Pipeline, LLC again this week for spilling contaminants into a stream: soap wastewater and soil/sediment into a tributary of Irish Creek, Loudon Township, Carroll County. The Notice of Violation comes only three...
