by Nelson Bailey | Dec 12, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Supervisors in Buckingham County are considering Dominion’s request to build a compressor station for its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Opponents fear it will destroy the environment. Dominion needs a special use permit...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 11, 2016 | Climate Change, Coal, Fossil Fuels
West Virginia sits atop a treasure chest of coal resources. Coal began to define the state’s culture, history, and the economy as early as 1742, when John Peter Salling unearthed the coal in present-day Boone County, West Virginia. Today, all but 4.5% of the state’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 11, 2016 | Conservation, Environmental Justice
The Japan Times SEATTLE – Washington on Thursday became the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades....
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 10, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
As opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline swells at home and abroad, another pipeline project at the other end of the U.S.is quietly being installed as fast as possible, critics say, displacing residents, threatening water supplies, and racking up alleged...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 10, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
October 3, 2016 2:15 pm Did you know that there are thousands of miles of pipeline in the U.S. and they leak every single day. The protests surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) are not without good cause. The following are just a few of the major leaks that...
