by Nelson Bailey | Jul 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
Sunoco crews work in front of the valve station for the Mariner East 2 pipeline on Boot Road in West Goshen Tuesday. A judge shut down drilling operations for the project across all of Pennsylvania with a decision issued Tuesday. PETE BANNAN – DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA A...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 20, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
These last 3 years of fighting the approval of the Atlantic Coast pipeline, we have constantly heard from our elected officials that “there is nothing I can do” and “it’s a federal issue”. I think it is time for them to step aside and make room for people who will...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
LOS ANGELES (CN) – After a massive methane gas leak at SoCalGas’s Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility displaced thousands of families and took more than 100 days to plug, many residents in surrounding neighborhoods felt the energy company had gotten off...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from Appalachia to markets in every direction. Together these new...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
(ANTIMEDIA) Bastrop County, TX — A crude oil pipeline spill in Bastrop County, Texas, Thursday morning released an estimated 1,200 barrels of oil — over 50,000 gallons — prompting evacuations of residents closest to the rupture. The Longhorn Pipeline is owned and...
