by Nelson Bailey | May 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
May 2, 2017 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new rule that would rein in methane pollution from natural gas and oil wells on public lands in Ohio and other states is facing an uncertain fate. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane and Waste Reduction Rule was finalized...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
In this exclusive video, taken by local activist and resident, Mitch Allen, Sabal Pipeline construction workers are seen excavating over one-thousand feet of pipeline in Wetland 034A (labeled in this FERC map) in Polk County and placing geotextile pipeline weights (or...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 21, 2017 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Activists are using the in-person events in lawmakers’ home districts during the Easter recess to push Republicans to fight global warming and resist President Trump’s environmental rollbacks. It’s part of a nationwide effort, organized in part by left-wing...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 21, 2017 | Health & Safety
Article from Farmville Herald by managing editor Jordan Miles on 4/20/2017 Read More
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 18, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
April 17, 2017 ALBANY, N.Y. — Thousands of New Yorkers are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject two projects that would increase the flow of crude oil through Albany. A letter signed by more than 3,500 New Yorkers asked the governor to deny permits for...