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Fourth Circuit strikes again: Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit vacated
This article discusses another setback for Dominion Energy in their attempt to build an unnecessary pipeline.
In the latest in a string of decisions that have struck down key approvals for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines, the Richmond-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has thrown […]
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Retired Schoolteacher Sentenced to 2-6 Months After Sunoco Claims She Violated Court Order in Mariner East Pipeline Dispute
This article discusses how Sunoco had a retired schoolteacher arrested for fighting against their taking her land through eminent domain. The charge listed against her was a low-level contempt charge, but her case could also implicate much larger questions about property rights and eminent domain, questions that boil down […]
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FERC orders work to stop on Mountain Valley Pipeline
This article discusses a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) halting the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
A federal agency ordered a stop Friday to construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which has run into repeated problems with erosion since it began its path through the Roanoke […]
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Appeals court upholds Virginia’s review of water quality impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline
This demoralizing article discusses how a federal appeals court has upheld Virginia’s water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, preserving a major milestone for the controversial project.
In a decision Wednesday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by the Sierra Club and other environmental conservation groups […]
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A dozen fires and explosions at Colorado oil and gas facilities in 8 months since fatal blast in Firestone
This article discusses how new pipeline rules are being proposed in Colorado, but they don’t deal with fatalities from oil and gas industry fires and explosions.
At least a dozen explosions and fires have occurred along Colorado oil and gas industry pipelines in the eight months since two men […]
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Minnesota Approves Controversial Enbridge Pipeline Rebuild
This article discusses the approval of the Enbridge pipeline.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a controversial rebuild of Line 3 of the Enbridge Energy oil pipeline Thursday, as environmental activists and Native American groups vowed to keep fighting, The Associated Press reported.
Opponents are concerned […]
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Gas Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin- What? No way! OMG!
Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin? Wherever there are fracking wells, there are pipelines. So, if fracking is allowed in the Taylorsville Basin, there will be pipelines. Didn’t think about that? Probably also didn’t think about how the land will be acquired for the buried pipelines. Think Eminent Domain, where your land […]
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U.S. gas pipeline industry wants help beating back green groups
This article discusses a push by the fossil fuel industry to get government support for building more pipelines.
The United States should help the natural gas industry push back against opposition by environmental groups to pipeline projects by adopting new regulations or laws that favor infrastructure, backers of the industry […]
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VCN – Pipelines Must Meet Virginia’s Water Quality Standards
This link will take you to the Virginia Conservation Network’s site where they have posted comments about pipelines that are underway in Virginia.
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TransCanada’s New ‘Best-In-Class’ Gas Pipeline Explodes in WV, Causing Fiery Blast
This article discusses the latest pipeline explosion in West Virginia.
This morning, residents of Marshall County, West Virginia, awoke at 4:15 a.m. to a major natural gas rupture and explosion on TransCanada’s Leach XPress pipeline on Nixon Ridge — a quickly built pipeline only half a year old.
The fire was visible for […]
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