by Nelson Bailey | Nov 1, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
(Lebanon) — Mariner East 2 pipeline builder Sunoco needs to work harder to prevent “drilling mud” spills, not just treat them after the fact. That’s the gist of a notice of violation the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 31, 2017 | Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The FAA’s no-fly zone barred indigenous drone pilots from documenting the NoDAPL struggle, but private security aircraft continued surveillance. At the height of the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction last fall, the Federal Aviation...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
CORRECTION: The date the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the Mountain Valley Pipeline is Oct. 13. The date was incorrect in an earlier version of the story. Mountain Valley Pipeline has filed a federal lawsuit against hundreds of landowners in Virginia...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 25, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
NAVARRE, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff’s office says a natural gas pipeline explosion in Ohio killed a man doing maintenance work. The explosion Monday killed a Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline worker and caused a large gas leak just south of Canton that forced...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Chester County resident David Mano was hosting a Fourth of July party this year when he first learned that his drinking water had a strange taste. A guest took a sip and then spat it out, he said. “I didn’t even notice it,” Mano said. “I guess I was just used to it.”...
