by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Politics of energy
BENT MOUNTAIN — As Tuesday dawned, Mike Lester spotted a group of pipeline surveyors hustling on foot down Green Hollow Drive, a private road on Bent Mountain that passes by Lester’s home. “They was getting along pretty good,” Lester said later. He phoned neighbor...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
RICHMOND — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday on two cases related to the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline, handing opponents a minor victory but otherwise leaving the huge project unscathed. The court found in favor of a small group of landowners in...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a state law that allows natural gas companies to enter private property without landowner permission to survey the route of a potential pipeline, but also required the companies to notify landowners of specific dates when crews...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 11, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
BENT MOUNTAIN, Va. (WDBJ7) Bent Mountain resident Kathy Chandler called police Monday morning when Mountain Valley Pipeline crews showed up ready to survey her land. “They were just here a month ago,” Chandler said. “We were just doing this a month...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 11, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is set hold a public comment period and five public hearings around the state next month to receive comments on draft water quality certifications “designed to protect water quality” along the route of the...
