by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Conservation, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Dominion Criticized for Lack of Responsiveness to the Forest Service The Forest Service has made repeated requests for information to Dominion/ACP over the course of several teleconferences and in-person meetings; however, Dominion/ACP has not yet adequately...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
On Feb. 3, Norman Bay’s last day as a commissioner for the federal agency that evaluates interstate natural gas pipelines, it suddenly seemed to pipeline watchdogs that he had at least a portion of one foot in their camp. Carolyn Elefant, who once worked as a lawyer...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 2, 2017 | Fracking, Health & Safety, Natural Gas
PITTSBURGH – Forty-thousand doctors, nurses and public-health professionals have asked the oil and gas industry to stop opposing policies to reduce methane emissions. In an open letter to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry lobbying group, the health advocates...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been tied to environmental risks such as spills. The frequency of spills, however, has long been murky since states do not release standardized data. Estimates from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) vary wildly....
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
This is why water protectors continue to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite freezing temperatures and winter storms. In case you missed it, “water protectors” have been camped out near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, since April in protest of the four-state Dakota...
