by Nelson Bailey | Nov 13, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Spiritual Ecology, Uncategorized
Is outgoing Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe a climate change denier? Just asking that question is bound to offend the governor and some of his supporters. After all, they would say, Governor McAuliffe has “expanded efforts to reduce emissions” and recently issued a...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 12, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Hampton Roads residents need to wake up to the specter of Dominion Energy’s plans for building the 600-mile-long Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Norfolk City Council will vote Tuesday on a bid by ACP LLC to buy an easement that will allow the company to build a...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
RECENTLY the federal government issued a decision to push ahead a dangerous project that would directly harm my city’s water supply. As the mayor of the city of Staunton, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s split-decision approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 7, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Construction has stopped along the Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline’s 37-mile route in Lancaster County amid a confusing stay order issued by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Monday. A temporary stay was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Eminant Domain, For Landowners, Pipelines
WAWAYANDA – A federal appeals court has issued a preliminary order that prevents the start of construction of a gas pipeline to the nearly completed Competitive Power Ventures plant while state and federal regulators continue their dispute over a critical permit...