by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
An appeals court on Tuesday rejected the federal government’s approval of a natural gas pipeline project in the southeastern U.S., citing concerns about its impact on climate change. In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | PEIS, Pipelines, Politics of energy
A federal court ruling has upheld the decision last year by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to deny a state water quality permit sought by the Constitution Pipeline, an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. The court’s decision, handed down...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 23, 2017 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
Neighbors Bob and Donna Jones and Tom and Bonnie Triplett share two strong feelings that sometimes dog their waking hours and bedevil their sleep: bewilderment and dread. Bewilderment because the couples, whose properties abut along Mt. Tabor Road in Montgomery...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pressure from state lawmakers in both parties, as well as from hundreds of people who showed up at a series of public hearings this month, is mounting on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and state Water Control Board to slow or reconsider the water...
