by Nelson Bailey | Nov 12, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Hampton Roads residents need to wake up to the specter of Dominion Energy’s plans for building the 600-mile-long Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Norfolk City Council will vote Tuesday on a bid by ACP LLC to buy an easement that will allow the company to build a...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
RECENTLY the federal government issued a decision to push ahead a dangerous project that would directly harm my city’s water supply. As the mayor of the city of Staunton, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s split-decision approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 7, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Construction has stopped along the Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline’s 37-mile route in Lancaster County amid a confusing stay order issued by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Monday. A temporary stay was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Eminant Domain, For Landowners, Pipelines
WAWAYANDA – A federal appeals court has issued a preliminary order that prevents the start of construction of a gas pipeline to the nearly completed Competitive Power Ventures plant while state and federal regulators continue their dispute over a critical permit...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
HELENA, Ala. – For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases. The disruption occurred when a track hoe — a machine used to remove...
