by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Developers of a proposed natural gas pipeline are suing hundreds of landowners to gain rights of way granted by federal regulations. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Developers of a proposed natural gas pipeline are suing hundreds of landowners in two states to gain rights of...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
HELENA, Ala. – For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases. The disruption occurred when a track hoe — a machine used to remove...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
South Portland’s fight is a cautionary tale about the power of money — and whether towns can set their own rules about oil and gas infrastructure. SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—Can communities say no to energy companies? Hundreds of miles from the nearest oil field or...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
SANDISFIELD — On the very day the pipeline company got permission to put its new third line in service here, three anti-pipeline activists were arrested for blocking a road, and witnesses say Massachusetts State Police used a stun gun on one man when he tried to run...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Local Rockingham County and Harrisonburg community members stand in solidarity with the pipeline fighters across the commonwealth in the anti-pipeline group called Rockingham Alliance for the Protection and Transformation of Our Resources and Society. The emergence of...
