by Nelson Bailey | Mar 21, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines
An environmental organization is challenging in court the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors’ January decision to grant a special-use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, based in North...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 20, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmental groups are going ahead with their challenge to permits for the Mariner East II pipelines, despite the denial of their petition to halt construction. The pipelines, being built by Sunoco, will carry highly flammable, natural-gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 17, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 15, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
NELLYSFORD, VA, UNITED STATES, March 14, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — Friends of Wintergreen released two geological and soils studies that highlight the extreme risk of building the 42 inch, compressed natural gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline in the mountainous areas...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 14, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
There are 2.7 million miles of pipeline snaked across the US. Some of the pipes carry hazardous chemicals, others carry crude oil, and still others carry highly pressurized natural gas. And when it comes to safety, all of them are under the care of 528 government...
