by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
EDDY COUNTY, New Mexico – A pipeline explosion south of Carlsbad prompted evacuations early Wednesday morning. (Photo: Makayla Viehweg) People are back home, but talk about a wild morning. Makayla Viehweg lives about a mile away from where the explosion...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Newsletter, Politics of energy
NRDC recently commissioned an analysis from economists at the Applied Economics Clinic at Tufts University to dig into the repeated claim by project proponents that new interstate natural gas pipelines like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) or Mountain Valley Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Pipelines
You know how Gov. Terry McAuliffe has spent the past four years running around Virginia, repeating Dominion’s (laughable, false) talking points about how the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will be a “game changer” that will supposedly “spur economic growth in all parts of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 1, 2017 | Politics of energy
RICHMOND — Dominion Energy was taking no chances with the fate of its proposed natural gas pipeline during this year’s election season, even though both major candidates for governor supported the $5 billion project. The state’s most powerful corporation, along...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2017 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Regulatory Permit Process
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline would each cross hundreds of private properties. Many of these private properties are farms, and farmers are rightfully concerned about damage to their farmland from pipeline construction, as well as ongoing...