by Nelson Bailey | Dec 8, 2016 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Critics say the agency that regulates natural gas pipelines – like those proposed for West Virginia and Virginia – has a bias in favor of gas industry. (Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition) December 8, 2016 – Dan Heyman, Public News Service (VA)...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has responded to the Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit by asking a federal judge to allow it to drill under the Missouri river immediately. The court filing came as thousands of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Politics of energy, Renewables, Solar
Your Renewable News | The alliance for solar choice: Illinois energy bill passes without anti-solar, anti-consumer provisions Illinois legislators voted today to pass energy legislation (S.B. 2814) without anti-consumer, anti-solar proposals like mandatory demand...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Sept. 9, 2010: A fire caused by an natural gas pipeline accident roars through San Bruno, California.(Paul Sakuma/AP) The increasingly brutal police response to protests over the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline has pushed the debate over the safety of oil...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 26, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said on Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. US news | The Guardian Protesters block Route...
