by Kaveri Helsley | Dec 23, 2016 | Coal, Economic Impacts
A golf course built on 1.5 million tons of coal ash that loses $100,000 a month and is a magnet for headlines about potential environmental contamination might not seem like a property to covet. Yet for three years, a bitter legal brawl that reached the Supreme Court...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 18, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Environmental groups are voicing opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cut across the Appalachian Trail in Virginia and require clearing a previously protected corridor of forest. The Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport natural gas from...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 15, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
(Photo: Corpus Christi Caller-Times) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Residents here were warned late Wednesday to avoid using tap water because a chemical possibly contaminated the city’s water supply. Thursday morning, city officials confirmed the chemical, which came...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety
Environmental agency’s study on hydraulic fracturing walks back earlier findings. WASHINGTON – Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | FERC communications, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A spate of proposed gas pipeline projects has drawn sharp criticism from environmental advocates, who say the federal permitting agency has a built-in bias toward the industry. Last week, nearly 70 people from almost a dozen states testified at...
