by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Massive tanks in Oklahoma brim with unrefined oil, but they weren’t designed to handle the rash of seismic activity caused by fracking-related activity. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, U.S. oil refining plummeted to record lows. Now, nearly three weeks...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Endangered Species, Regulatory Permit Process
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia environmental regulators say they are rescinding approval for building the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas down the center of West Virginia for 195 miles. In a letter Thursday, the Department of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Accidents, Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels
Enbridge’s Line 3 in Minnesota just took a serious hit. Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 project — an effort to replace and expand an oil sands pipeline through Minnesota — hit a roadblock Monday when the state’s Department of Commerce said that the project is...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
With no discussion, supervisors in Buckingham County unanimously adopted a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday that would allow the county access and control of 200 acres along a proposed lateral line off of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Last...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Firms leading the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project have asked the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — the body that could give the project the green light — to “issue an order approving the ACP certificate in September so that...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Three activists with Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted Thursday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the nominations of the final two members to join Trump’s FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Committee). One of the arrestees was a 25-year veteran of...
