by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
The head of the Department of Environmental Quality was appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe, a strong supporter of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the Clean Water Act, DEQ could block construction of the pipeline if it felt the quality of our water would be...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
Last week, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board issued an order halting the construction of the pipeline at 55 locations across the state. Cloudy water with an oily film poured out of a hose at Scavello’s Car Care in Exton, Pennsylvania, where Jeremy Garrison...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
BUCKHANNON — Proponents of — and opponents to — the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline poured into the Buckhannon-Upshur High School auditorium Monday night to talk about the line’s potential effect on one critical resource — water. While some of those who...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 1, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
An 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 | Jul 31, 2017 | Fracking, Regulatory Permit Process
Two ranking Democrats in Congress have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to further investigate the practices of pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners, which has merged with Sunoco Logistics, after spills and permit violations occurred on two...
