by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 22, 2016 | Compressor Stations
Local lawmakers are bewildered by Dominion Resources Inc.’s latest plans to upgrade a natural gas pipeline compressor station in Loudoun County, Va., less than two years after the company promised no new compressor expansions in the area would be forthcoming. The...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 19, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
After eight years of being banished and sometimes vilified by the Obama administration, the fossil fuel industry is enjoying a remarkable resurgence as its executives and lobbyists shape President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda and staff his administration. The...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
If it is built, those living near a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station in Buckingham County would be forced to endure air and noise pollution, according to a new 19-page technical report titled “Pollution Report: Unfair, Illegal and...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety
Environmental agency’s study on hydraulic fracturing walks back earlier findings. WASHINGTON –  Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | FERC communications, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A spate of proposed gas pipeline projects has drawn sharp criticism from environmental advocates, who say the federal permitting agency has a built-in bias toward the industry. Last week, nearly 70 people from almost a dozen states testified at...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
A newly unearthed missive from Lenny Bernstein, a climate expert with the oil firm for 30 years, shows concerns over high presence of carbon dioxide in enormous gas field in south-east Asia factored into decision not to tap it ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil...
