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AG Mark Herring Part of Lawsuit That Just Blocked Trump’s “Dirty Power” Rule That Violated the Clean Air Act

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Daniel Shaffer January 22, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Dominion takes ‘monumental step’ on offshore wind

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  • – E&E Energywire – 12/17/20
Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Comments Filed Opposing Endangered Species Act Modification

Sixty-Four conservation organizations, including ABRA and several of its members, filed comments on September 3 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to a proposal by the two agencies to define “habitat” in the regulations governing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 

Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

SELC op-ed: Great American Outdoors Act is monumental for the South

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  • – Southern Environmental Law Center – 8/24/20
Daniel Shaffer August 28, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Webinar on Great American Outdoors Act Scheduled for August 8

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has scheduled a special webinar discussion for Saturday, August 8 at 2:15 pm on The Great American Outdoors Act, legislation co-authored by Sen Warner, that addresses the $12 billion maintenance backlog for the National Park Service across the country and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund,

Daniel Shaffer August 7, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

EPA Issues Final Rule Limiting State Authority Under Clean Water Act

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued on June 1 its final rule amending Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, under which states are given authority to issue permits certifying that any discharges into the state’s waters from a proposed project will comply with Clean Water Act,

Daniel Shaffer June 5, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Armed With Eminent Domain, Pipeline Projects Continue to Burden Landowners During the Pandemic

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  • – Nexus Media – 6/1/20
Daniel Shaffer June 5, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Virginia Clean Economy Act may help get state’s economy back on track post COVID-19

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  • – Charlottesville Tomorrow – 5/26/20
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  • Virginia agency aims to make solar ‘faster, easier and more affordable’
Daniel Shaffer May 29, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

With new energy regime only months away, regulators grapple with gas expansion proposal

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 25/19/20
Daniel Shaffer May 26, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Despite Clean Economy Act, Dominion forecasts a strong role for natural gas in Virginia

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/8/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Local & ACP 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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