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Stand with Chesterfield: Say no to Dominion’s polluting gas plant
Dominion Energy wants to spend $4.5 billion on a massive gas-burning plant at its old Chesterfield coal station—right next to the Dutch Gap Conservation Area. Chesterfield neighbors have already lived with coal-ash pollution for decades. Now they’d get millions more
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Federal court clears path for legal challenges to coal-hauling in Monongahela National Forest
A federal judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday in favor of two motions filed by conservation groups, allowing key legal and administrative actions to move forward to protect portions of the Monongahela National Forest from mining activities by South Fork Coal Company, despite the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. South Fork Coal Co. filed for bankruptcy in February…
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The Roadless Area Conservation Act
Last week, ABRA joined representatives of conservation organization from across the nation in Washington, D.C. The trip was sponsored by Earth Justice and Sierra Club. We met with lawmakers to convey our concerns about the potential harms to our national
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The James River Headwaters Initiative
In April, ABRA received thrilling news: the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance’s James River Headwaters Environmental Stewardship and Resilience Initiative was selected for a two-year, $247,000 Environmental Protection Agency Thriving Communities grant. This bold program would tackle urgent threats in western Virginia’s
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Shenandoah Mountain Act and Virginia Wilderness Additions Act Reintroduced in the U.S. Senate
Senators Reintroduce Bills to Protect Public Landin Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, and Bath Counties Yesterday, Senators Time Kaine and Mark Warner reintroduced the Shenandoah Mountain Act and the Virginia Wilderness Additions Act. See their Press Release here. Shenandoah Mountain Act of
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American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution
The threat of toxic pollution from coal strip mining in the headwaters of one of the Gauley’s primary tributaries — the Cherry River — has made it one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025. In Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties in West Virginia, South Fork Coal Company operates a network of strip mines, haul roads and a coal preparation plant…
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