Author: Daniel Shaffer

Offset for pipeline damage to more than double size of Read Mountain Preserve

Card – The Roanoke Times – 2/11/20

Bill to criminalize trespassing at infrastructure facilities takes heat during public hearing

Card – WV Metro News – 2/10/20

Environmental problems continue with Mountain Valley Pipeline, group says

Card – The Roanoke Times – 2/7/20 Related: Mountain Valley Pipeline Continues Violations, Even During Work Stoppage; Wild Virginia Insists DEQ Enforce MVP Consent Decree, Impose Penalties

Planting Trees Won’t Save the World

Card – The New York Times – 2/12/2020

FERC Defends Tolling Orders in Atlantic Sunrise Case, Makes Effort to Appease Critics

Card – Natural Gas Intelligence – 2/11/20

Erring on the side of trampling on states’ rights

Card – Utility Dive – 2/10/20

How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas

Card – ProPublica – 2/7/20 Related: Ohio anti-protest bill could criminalize support for pipeline demonstrations

Correcting Anti-Renewable Energy Propaganda

Card – Clean Technica – 2/9/2020

Energy Emissions Stall as Rich Nations Kick Their Coal Habit

Card – Bloomberg – 2/11/20

VA Pipeline Bills Clear Committee, Head for House Floor; Action Needed! Now!

Three bills designed to tighten up state regulation of pipelines cleared the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates on February 5. The measures now head to the House floor and they must be acted

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.