by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Jan. 8 (UPI) — Claims by Nebraska landowners for compensation from pipeline company TransCanada on Keystone XL-related costs rests with the state’s highest court, advocates say. Bold Nebraska, an organization that’s steered a multi-year campaign...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | For Landowners, Pipelines
As construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline draws closer, a coalition of environmental groups is asking a federal appeals court to issue a stay that would stop the project in its tracks. Filed late Monday, the motion argues that a court-ordered delay is needed to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | Accidents, Pipelines
Representatives from Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, traveled to Cambridge, Iowa, in October to present a series of $20,000 checks to emergency management departments in six counties. The money was, in part, an...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 7, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Pollution - Other Sources
Ryan and Joy Blosser and their two children are at risk of being robbed of their livelihood and their domestic tranquility at the point of a pen. I do not know the Blossers personally, but I was moved by their presentation at the Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 4, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
A decision on whether to approve a contentious oil pipeline in northern Minnesota is being delayed so the project’s environmental impact statement can be revised, an administrative law judge has ruled. The decision from Judge Ann O’Reilly last week is a response to a...
