by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Press Releases
One of the state’s most influential corporations and 35 banks hope to make money from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Business and labor groups have lined up behind it, as has Virginia’s governor, but opponents say it’s not a done deal. They plan to fight the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy
Eminent domain, in which government agencies seize land for the public good, tends to be a controversial subject. After all, “public good” can be interpreted very loosely. For example, developers have successfully argued that they will promote job growth,...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) Pipeline opponents who were trying to block the path of project surveyors last Thursday will be challenging state officials during meetings next week. “They are as important as any process we’ve been through yet,” said Roberta...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
n analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other state...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
To the Times: The decision by Middletown, Edgmont, Thornbury, Aston and other Delaware County township governments to not oppose the Mariner East 2 pipeline is one that might soon come back to haunt them. At best, their approvals demonstrate a disregard for the...
