by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fracking, Natural Gas, Pipelines
“If we don’t get new pipeline infrastructure feeding into Hampton Roads, they’re not going to be able to grow economically. They’re not going to be able to attract new industries, particularly advanced manufacturing.” Dominion Energy...
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...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Homeowners on a lake 12 miles northwest of Ann Arbor are concerned a large natural gas pipeline set to be placed in the ground will put lives in danger. Energy Transfer Partners is building the 713-mile Rover gas pipeline through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and...