by Nelson Bailey | Oct 31, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Though planners took no action on a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station on Route 56 between Shelton Store and Union Hill roads, the Buckingham County Planning...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
| US news | The Guardian Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil pipeline. Read More
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | Coal
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Dominion Virginia Power has asked the state Department of Environmental Quality to put the brakes, at least temporarily, on the permitting process that will govern the closing of its Chesapeake coal-ash landfill and ponds, which...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 27, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists | US news | The Guardian Private security guards who deployed dogs on protesters at a North Dakota oil pipeline demonstration were not properly licensed and could face criminal charges,...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 24, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Arrested By Police With Pepper Spray | Huffington Post More than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near a pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff’s department, which...