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• Opinion: It’s not too late to call it quits on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Washington Post – 6/1/22

• Nuclear will be major for Virginia’s electric grid as utilities decarbonize, regulator says

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/27/22

• Port of Virginia Plans to Run on 100-Percent Clean Electricity by 2024

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  • – The Maritime Executive – 5/25/22

• Predatory residential solar installers could sow mistrust, advocates fear

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/25/22

• Federal solar import investigation slows Virginia projects

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/23/22

• Turning wind into power off the Wilmington coast could be a decade away

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  • – Star News – 5/23/22

• Public comments again sought on Botetourt County wind farm

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 5/20/22

• Pipeline developer urges replacement of 4th Circuit Panel

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  • – E&E News – 5/17/22
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  • Green Judges vs. American Gas

• Dominion makes its case to SCC for $9.65 billion from customers to build wind farm

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  • – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 5/17/22
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  • What’s ‘reasonable and prudent’ when it comes to Dominion offshore wind project’s costs?

• State panel studies potential impact of gold mining in Virginia

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  • – WDBJ7 News – 5/16/22

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• For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses

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  • – The Guardian – 6/2/22

• FERC shakes up Northeast renewables with grid rule phaseout

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  • – E&E Energywire – 6/1/22

• Biden wants to rebuild the EPA. He doesn’t have the money to do it.

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  • – The Washington Post – 5/31/22

• Supreme Court rules Biden admin can use climate Metric

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  E&E News – 5/26/22

• FERC enforcement ramp-up spurs pipeline wars

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  • – E&E News – 5/25/22
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  • Federal pipeline safety rules face legal challenge

• As Natural Gas Expands in Gulf, Residents Fear Rising Damage

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  • – US News & World Report – 6/2/22

• Here are ways to connect clean energy projects to the grid more quickly

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  • – Canary Media – 5/31/22

• The NY Bight could write the book on how we build offshore wind farms in the future

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  • – Popular Science – 5/22/22
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  • Assessing wind speeds, potential performance across Atlantic offshore portfolio

• Europe’s push to cut Russian gas faces a race against winter

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  • – ABC News/Associated Press – 5/18/22

• FERC, state regulators eye options for clearing up interconnection ‘quagmire,’ allocating upgrade costs

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  • – Utility Dive – 5/9/22
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  • ‘Get rid of competition’? FERC and the push for power lines

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