by Nelson Bailey | Jul 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a state law that allows natural gas companies to enter private property without landowner permission to survey the route of a potential pipeline, but also required the companies to notify landowners of specific dates when crews...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 11, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
BENT MOUNTAIN, Va. (WDBJ7) Bent Mountain resident Kathy Chandler called police Monday morning when Mountain Valley Pipeline crews showed up ready to survey her land. “They were just here a month ago,” Chandler said. “We were just doing this a month...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 11, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is set hold a public comment period and five public hearings around the state next month to receive comments on draft water quality certifications “designed to protect water quality” along the route of the...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 8, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Pipelines
Around a dozen Chester County households experienced cloudy water or loss of supply from their private wells this week, forcing some families from their homes near a location where Sunoco Pipeline is conducting horizontal directional drilling about 150 feet below...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 5, 2017 | Economic Impacts, For Landowners, Pipelines
HUNTINGDON — A Huntingdon County judge ruled this week that a family camped out on its own property has to vacate the premises to allow construction to continue for the Mariner East 2 Pipeline. Ellen Gerheart and her husband have owned the property that is now...
