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Defense League lobbies for landowner easements

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  • – Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald – 3/23/21
Daniel Shaffer April 7, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

What FERC needs to hear about the ACP Restoration Plan

The public comment period on the proposed plan for the restoration of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) route, which was formally announced by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a March 8 Federal Register notice and preliminary discussed in the March 4 ABRA Update,

Daniel Shaffer March 19, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Friends of Nelson fighting for pipeline easements to be released

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  • – NBC29 News – 3/7/21
Daniel Shaffer March 19, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

FERC announces public comment period for ACP restoration issues

A scoping period to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed restoration plan for the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which was cancelled on July 5, 2020, has been announced by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

Daniel Shaffer March 11, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Is a Bust, but Property Owners Along the Route Are Stuck in Limbo

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  • – Indy Week – 2/24/21
Daniel Shaffer March 11, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

ABRA members file comments with FERC about ACP restoration issues

Fifteen conservation groups, including 9 ABRA members, filed comments on February 9, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to raise concerns over the plan recently submitted to the agency by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (Atlantic) on how the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) route would be restored.

Daniel Shaffer February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Pipeline Updates, Regional Issues Read more

ACP Route Restoration Plan Filed with FERC Leaves Unanswered Questions

A long-awaited restoration plan for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to address land and forests that were disrupted by the project before it was cancelled in July was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on January 4.  The filing was in response to a formal request by FERC on October 27.

Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – The Richmond Times – 1/5/20
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  • FERC: Developers submit plan to undo $8B pipeline
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 ACP-MVP, Local & ACP Read more

Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration planned to start later in WV than other states

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/6/21
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

ABRA End of the Year Report for 2020

WE WON!

Those two words best summarize the 2020 accomplishments of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance.  Our coalition’s 6+ year effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was an achievement for which the dozens of member organizations and thousands of volunteers working within the ABRA umbrella can proudly claim credit. 

Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

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