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DeSmogBlog
Another set of articles from a great source of climate news.
Oil Spill Shuts TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline in Same County Where ‘Paper-thin’ Pipe Found in 2012
Energy Transfer Pipeline Projects on Hold in Pennsylvania After String of Violations
Court Throws out Energy Transfer’s ‘Racketeering’ Claims Against Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents
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Pennsylvania Permits Halted For Texas-Based Pipeline Company
This article discusses why permits have been halted in Pennsylvania for a Texas-based pipeline company, Energy Transfer LP. They aren’t fixing problems related to an explosion last year.
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Virginia Mountain Valley Pipeline – Can the pipeline be stopped?MVP
This article discusses whether the state board will stop the MVP pipeline.
Wading back into what could become a legal quagmire, the State Water Control Board may soon decide whether to revoke its earlier approval for a natural gas pipeline under construction in Southwest Virginia.
The unusual proceeding was initiated in December, […]
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Vermont’s Senate panel gets look at bill that would ban new oil and gas pipelines
This article discusses how Vermont’s Senate panel gets look at bill that would ban new oil and gas pipelines.
If Democratic and Progressive lawmakers have their way, Vermont could become the first state to ban new oil and natural gas pipelines.
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Appeals court allows quick-take of land for Mountain Valley Pipeline
This article discusses an Appeals court decision to allow a quick-take of land for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
An appeals court has upheld the “take first, pay later” approach to building the Mountain Valley Pipeline, in which the company condemned private property in the project’s path before paying opposing landowners for […]
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Environmental groups attack federal approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline
This article discusses how environmental groups are attacking federal approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The good of the Mountain Valley Pipeline — a steady supply of needed natural gas — met the bad Monday, when opponents told a federal appeals court there’s really no public need for a project that […]
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Report: The Vanishing Need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
This article discusses the vanishing need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
The report discusses the considerable headwinds faced by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The project was originally projected to cost $5.1 billion. Cost overruns to date have raised the cost of the project by about 30% to $6.5 to $7 […]
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DeSmogBlog
DeSmogBlog addresses the following:
How This Oil Refiners Group Rallied GOP Governors’ Support for Trump’s Rollback of Auto Standards
Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Amid High Waters, Permit Violations
Oregon Again a Battlefield for Fracked Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG Terminal
Mining Director Ian Plimer Misrepresents […]
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DeSmogBlog
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns, Say Top Researchers
Top Oil Lobbyist Wants Government Open to Keep Rolling Back Environmental Rules
Virginia Air Board Member Who Approved a Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit Has Links to a Dominion Gas Partner
Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Faces […]
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Virginia has a pipeline problem
This opinion piece, by Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia Attorney General, opines that Virginians have a pipeline problem.
In Shipman, Va., a family that has held its homestead for generations, tending graves of ancestors and buildings erected by great-great grandfathers, struggles to understand why it must give its land to Dominion Energy.