by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Newsletter, Politics of energy
NRDC recently commissioned an analysis from economists at the Applied Economics Clinic at Tufts University to dig into the repeated claim by project proponents that new interstate natural gas pipelines like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) or Mountain Valley Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Pipelines
You know how Gov. Terry McAuliffe has spent the past four years running around Virginia, repeating Dominion’s (laughable, false) talking points about how the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will be a “game changer” that will supposedly “spur economic growth in all parts of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 1, 2017 | Politics of energy
RICHMOND — Dominion Energy was taking no chances with the fate of its proposed natural gas pipeline during this year’s election season, even though both major candidates for governor supported the $5 billion project. The state’s most powerful corporation, along...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
As I look back over the past decade of my life, ever since the fossil fuel industry set its sights on PA’s Marcellus Shale, several memories stand in sharp relief against the blurred background of 1,000 remembered conversations, hearings, presentations, testimonies,...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
The expansion of natural gas infrastructure along the East Coast has created a seemingly endless queue of new pipeline battles involving landowners, environmentalists, states and the federal government. Some of the proposed pipelines have similar names. A handful have...
