by Nelson Bailey | Dec 4, 2017 | Environmental Justice, PEIS, Regulatory Permit Process
In May 2015, Rover purchased a house in Carroll County, OH, located near where the pipeline, and a compressor station for that pipeline, is due to run. Rover bought the house to use for offices for several Rover affiliate companies. After buying it, Rover determined...
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...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
As I look back over the past decade of my life, ever since the fossil fuel industry set its sights on PA’s Marcellus Shale, several memories stand in sharp relief against the blurred background of 1,000 remembered conversations, hearings, presentations, testimonies,...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
The expansion of natural gas infrastructure along the East Coast has created a seemingly endless queue of new pipeline battles involving landowners, environmentalists, states and the federal government. Some of the proposed pipelines have similar names. A handful have...