Skip to content
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance Logo

Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Protecting environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region

Menu

  • Home
  • About ABRA
  • Our Partners
  • Donate
  • Newsroom
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Author: Daniel Shaffer

You are here: Home » Archives for Daniel Shaffer » Page 41

Glick: ‘Great sense of urgency’ to reform pipeline approvals

Card – E&E Energywire – 6/28/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

What Supreme Court ruling means for FERC, gas, pipelines

Card – E&E News – 6/30/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Memphis pipeline canceled after environmental justice feud

Card – E&E News – 7/6/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead, but TC Energy Still Owns Hundreds of Miles of Rights of Way

Card – Inside Climate News – 6/30/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Vilsack taps first African American to lead Forest Service

Card – E&E News – 6/28/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

As the US begins to craft a hydrogen strategy, Europe’s experience could offer valuable lessons

Card – Utility Dive – 7/6/21

Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

DC Circuit slams FERC criteria for approving pipelines

The long-standing practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) justifying the need for a new pipeline by over relying on a pipeline’s plans to sell gas to an associated company (e.g., precedent agreements) to establish market need was called

Daniel Shaffer June 25, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Conservation Hub takes flight

In August of last year, shortly after the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, ABRA announced the launch of a new program…the Conservation Hub. Building on the experience and success of the Compliance Surveillance Initiative, or CSI, a monitoring and

Daniel Shaffer June 25, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

VA DEQ urged to require certification for MVP water crossings

Fifteen conservation organizations, including ABRA, wrote the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on June 21 arguing that the agency must require certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to tunnel under nearly

Daniel Shaffer June 25, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

West Virginia Rivers releases new video on MVP water violations

West Virginia Rivers Coalition, an ABRA member, released this week an excellent video documenting the serious stream sediment violations – 50 incidents – that have occurred because of construction activity of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).  The video (2 ½

Daniel Shaffer June 25, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more
  • « Previous
  • Next »

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.

ABRA

The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region and the surrounding  Central Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and West Virginia.

Policies

Follow us

  • facebook

Contact Us

Dan Shaffer, Executive Director
Andrew Young, Staff Attorney
Olivia Miller, Communications Coordinator

Post Office Box 96
Monterey, Virginia 24465

Support ABRA

DONATE HERE

Subscribe to ABRA Updates

Copyright © 2025 Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance. All rights reserved. Theme Spacious by ThemeGrill. Powered by: WordPress.