by Nelson Bailey | Jan 5, 2018 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
VERONA – The Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to delay making a decision Thursday on whether to issue the Atlantic Coast Pipeline a special use permit for a storage yard in Churchville. The proposal is to convert 34 acres of existing farmland on...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 4, 2018 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
An Augusta County board is reviewing a proposal by Dominion Energy to build a construction yard for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline on 34 acres of farmland near Churchville. Pipeline opponents are rallying against the proposed site. The energy company needs to get a...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Segments of assembled pipe are lined up along a cleared section of woods where a pipeline for shale gas is under construction on July 8, 2017 in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Pennsylvania environmental officials have ordered Sunoco to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking
Equitrans pipeline connectors as bold red lines FERC staff wants more data on Equitrans project connected to Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) From a News Report of Sean Sullivan, SNL Daily Gas Report, SNL Financial LC, December 29, 2017 Staff at the Federal Energy...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
You may recall that, last November, our old friend the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning death funnel and longtime conservative fetish object, sprang a particularly ill-timed leak, drowning a field on the border between the two Dakotas with 210,000 gallons...
