by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Jan. 8 (UPI) — Claims by Nebraska landowners for compensation from pipeline company TransCanada on Keystone XL-related costs rests with the state’s highest court, advocates say. Bold Nebraska, an organization that’s steered a multi-year campaign...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | Accidents, Pipelines
Representatives from Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, traveled to Cambridge, Iowa, in October to present a series of $20,000 checks to emergency management departments in six counties. The money was, in part, an...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 5, 2018 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
VERONA – The Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to delay making a decision Thursday on whether to issue the Atlantic Coast Pipeline a special use permit for a storage yard in Churchville. The proposal is to convert 34 acres of existing farmland on...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 4, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
A decision on whether to approve a contentious oil pipeline in northern Minnesota is being delayed so the project’s environmental impact statement can be revised, an administrative law judge has ruled. The decision from Judge Ann O’Reilly last week is a response to a...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Segments of assembled pipe are lined up along a cleared section of woods where a pipeline for shale gas is under construction on July 8, 2017 in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Pennsylvania environmental officials have ordered Sunoco to...
