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NC regulators deny environmental permit for fracked-gas Southgate pipeline
Appalachian V0ices discusses how NC regulators deny environmental permit for fracked-gas Southgate pipeline.
Today, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality denied the permit application for Southgate extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The agency said “that work on the Southgate extension could lead to unnecessary water quality impacts and disturbance of […]
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A POWERFUL PETROCHEMICAL LOBBYING GROUP ADVANCED ANTI-PROTEST LEGISLATION IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC
The Intercept discusses how a petrochemical lobbying group advanced anti-protest legislation during the pandemic.
ONE DAY AFTER West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s shelter-in-place orders went into effect, the governor quietly signed into law the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the law created new felony penalties […]
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FERC prohibits pipeline construction, allows land seizures as court weighs ‘legal purgatory’ of rehearing delays
Utility Dive discusses FERC prohibits pipeline construction while the court case goes on, but allows land seizures as court weighs ‘legal purgatory’ of rehearing delays.
Federal regulators, under scrutiny from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, issued an order Wednesday prohibiting natural gas pipeline developers from beginning construction […]
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Pipeline companies are still trying to take people’s land—even during a pandemic
Fast Company discusses how pipeline companies are still trying to take people’s land—even during a pandemic. Using eminent domain, pipeline firms have broad authority to build through private property. The coronavirus hasn’t slowed them down.
Pipeline giant […]
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Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms
This Inside Climate News article discusses why a Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms. National Grid says the project is needed to meet rising demand, but opponents see it as a means of connecting two interstate pipelines and boosting their capacities.
Back in February 2019, National […]
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DeSmogBlog, January 10, 2020
This week’s articles include:
These Climate Science Deniers are Spreading Misinformation about the Australian Bushfires
Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones, Murdoch Media
LNG, Plastics and Other Gas Industry Plans Would Add Climate Pollution Equal […]
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s destructive path
This Grist article discusses the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would divide mountains, farmland, and sacred Native American land along its 600-mile route, but it’s uniting a diverse community of activists determined to halt its progress.
The pink ribbons start in northern West Virginia. Tied to flimsy wooden posts stuck a […]
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Opinion: Why natural gas is not the answer to climate change?
This Houston Chronicle opinion piece discusses why natural gas is not the answer to global warming. Don’t believe the hype — producing natural gas is producing enormous problems for Texas.
The huge amount of water required for gas extraction, the frequent and damaging wastewater spills and earthquakes linked to disposal, the
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When Fracking Companies Own the Gas Beneath Your Land
This ProPublica article chronicles the legal battles when fracking companies own the gas beneath your land. Natural gas companies have cut down forests and paved over farms on West Virginia private lands, calling it “reasonably necessary” to access subsurface gas they own the rights to.
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How eminent domain is blighting farmers in path of gas pipeline
This The Guardian article discusses how eminent domain is blighting farmers in path of gas pipeline. Compulsory purchase – or the threat of it – of property on the route of a pipeline for fracked natural gas has left a slew of grievances and lawsuits in West Virginia and […]
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