by Nelson Bailey | Jan 28, 2018 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY Mariner East 2 construction site in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. The federal pipeline regulator has issued a notice of probable violation to Sunoco after discovering flawed sections of pipe on a section of the route in Ohio. A section of...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 22, 2018 | Health & Safety, Natural Gas
Five people were missing Monday after an explosion at an Oklahoma drilling rig sent plumes of black smoke into the sky, emergency officials said. The drilling rig in Quinton, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa, exploded just before 9 a.m. while about two dozen people...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 21, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 18, 2018 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
The Rover pipeline, owned and operated by Energy Transfer Partners, has spilled 150,000 gallons of drilling fluid into wetlands near the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, Ohio. Last April, the pipeline spilled 2 million gallons in the same area. The pipeline, which...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 17, 2018 | For Landowners, Pipelines
The Mariner East 2 pipeline project can produce a visceral reaction from people in the community — often those concerned about safety and quality of life as evidenced in vocal displays of opposition at municipal meetings and elsewhere. There’s also a contingent who...
