Billions of dollars in economic activity are being held back from jumpstarting the economy, according to a telling report from Consumer Energy Alliance released this week. A number of pipeline expansion and energy infrastructure projects spanning from Appalachia to Montana have experienced cancellations, delays, or obstructions—all of which comes at a cost for the communities
Read More...Paul DriessenCommittee For A Constructive Tomorrow …. …. The recent Supreme Court decision in the case of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline reveals the true very non-green political agenda of those who say they’re green. The US Supreme Court recently ruled 7-2 to reverse a lower court ruling that had invalidated a permit for the Atlantic
Read More...The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, allowing the pipeline project to cross underneath the Appalachian Trail, according to North American Oil & Gas Pipelines. The $5billion, 600-mile pipeline is being developed by Dominion and Duke Energy. It will help supply natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale
Read More...Dominion Energy is buying a 5% share in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from Southern Co. for $175 million, according to Kallanish Energy. The deal makes Dominion, based in Richmond, Virginia, the majority partner in the project with a 53% stake. Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is now a minority partner with a
Read More...The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Dominion Energy’s Inc.’s case to earn a key permit that would let the company’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline cross under the Appalachian Trail, according to Bloomberg. The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on this permit, following a federal appeals court’s decision to throw out the permit,
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Disingenuous Daylin Leach Proposes PA Fracking Ban I’ve met Senator Pennsylvania Senator Daylin Leach. Indeed, I have testified
Read More...The Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline has run into another problem, being cited for “unsafe construction practices at work sites” by the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, according to Kallanish Energy. According to the PHMSA, the company failed to follow written specifications or standards in ditching and laying pipe. Dominion Energy Transmission has
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Pipelines supporters from affected North Carolina communities have had enough of environmental activists and political elites standing in their way. Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), a $7 billion, 600-mile pipeline that will stretch from West Virginia into North Carolina, is facing an existential threat by leftist environmentalists. The project is
Read More...U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco has asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that vacated permits for Dominion Energy Inc.’s $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast pipeline, according to Bloomberg. In its previous ruling, the appeals court determined the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Forest Management
Read More...Dominion Energy recently announced plans to resume work on the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina in the third quarter to have it completed by early 2021, according to Reuters. However, the company still needs to resolve two major legal challenges before it can complete the pipeline, which was put
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) … Few green organizations descend to the level of depravity when it comes to advancing their cause as the Sierra Club, which is really a job suppression club. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Groups like the Sierra Club are jobs killers. When was the last
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