by Nelson Bailey | Nov 17, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is preparing to sue uncooperative property owners to gain access to their land so it can build a 600-mile natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. The energy consortium, which includes Charlotte-based Duke Energy, said...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
A federal judge on Thursday tapped on the brakes — at least for now — in Mountain Valley Pipeline’s effort to fast-track one of two lawsuits against hundreds of landowners seeking to use eminent domain to gain easements for construction of its more than 300-mile...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
In an effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Friends of Nelson filed a request for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday on the commission’s recent decision to issue a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The private security firm TigerSwan worked to build a RICO suit accusing Greenpeace, Earth First, and BankTrack of inciting protests to increase donations. The private security firm TigerSwan, hired by Energy Transfer Partners to protect the controversial Dakota...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 13, 2017 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
Charges that the U.S. pipeline industry is building far more natural gas pipelines than it needs are being fueled by a new report showing that the capacity of lines approved by federal regulators over the last two decades was more than twice the amount of gas actually...