by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Are You SAFE? That all depends on how close you live to the proposed pipeline route and the direction of the wind. First of all, the Nexus proposed pipeline is NOT a little 6″ line that brings gas to your house. This is a massive 36″ diameter gas transmission line...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
A coalition of environmental groups wants a hearing on the need for Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, claiming in a federal filing today that the justifications for the 600-mile, $5.5 billion natural gas pipeline project have “eroded, if they ever existed.”...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality confirmed last week that past approaches to reviewing utility projects would not suffice for analyzing the potential environmental impacts of two 42-inch diameter natural gas pipelines that could burrow through the state....
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
There is a growing political scandal in Virginia regarding the ubiquitous influence of the state’s largest energy company, Dominion Energy, and it’s raising fundamental questions about the integrity of the governor’s office and state regulators who...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
This story was a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and StateImpact Oklahoma, a reporting project of NPR member stations in Oklahoma. Jennifer Merritt’s first graders at Jefferson elementary school in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Sitting...
