by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
After a years-long search for a country place to retire, Bill and Lynn Limpert found a home in the mountains near Bolar in Bath County, Virginia. Forested and mountainous, Bath County’s 4,600 residents live in the Alleghany Mountains. Know for its picturesque farms...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
William Atkinson and his wife Wilma are among 58 property owners in Michigan facing an eminent domain lawsuit filed in federal court by Energy Transfer Rover Pipeline earlier this month. “They want to build an access road through our property, but we have not...
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...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 27, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Pipelines
Legislation that would have shielded specific concentrations of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing from public disclosure was rejected in a Senate committee this month, a vote that drew cheers from environmental groups. “The dangers of fracking proved simply too...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 26, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
This is the first of a two-part story about the potential impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on people and the environment. The second story, dealing with the environmental ramifications, will run Monday. Belinda Joyner rode shotgun and stared out the window at...
