by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy
A Stark county family says they’ve had enough of Dominion Energy. Back in February, Robert and Debbie Merchant received a letter from Dominion Energy that ordered them to remove their driveway. The driveway has been on the property for more than 50 years. Last...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 5, 2017 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is currently planning to permit developers of the massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines to drive a gash through the headwaters, streams, and wetlands of six major river basins, including the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Accidents, Natural Gas
An explosion at a Minneapolis school has killed two and injured at least nine people. Minnehaha Academy confirmed Ruth Berg, a receptionist with the school for 17 years, died as a result of the explosion. “As our receptionist, she welcomed everyone with a smile and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7)Â Pipeline opponents who were trying to block the path of project surveyors last Thursday will be challenging state officials during meetings next week. “They are as important as any process we’ve been through yet,” said Roberta...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
n analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other state...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
The head of the Department of Environmental Quality was appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe, a strong supporter of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the Clean Water Act, DEQ could block construction of the pipeline if it felt the quality of our water would be...
