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Advocates warn environmental rollbacks threaten Va. minority communities

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 6/17/20
Daniel Shaffer June 19, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

COMMENTARY: Environmentalists’ hypocritical objection to six-mile pipeline extension

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  • – Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star – 5/20/20
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  • See rebuttal by Tom Hadwin on Facebook
Daniel Shaffer May 26, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Prominent Park Advocates and Leaders Take Battle Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline to the Supreme Court

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  • – National Parks Conservation Association – 1/22/20
Daniel Shaffer January 31, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Mayors push for pipeline project

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  • – The Wilson Times – 7/2/19
Daniel Shaffer July 12, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

After legal victory, enviros push to block Mountain Valley

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  • – E&E News – 6-28-18
Daniel Shaffer June 29, 2018 Regional & MVP Read more

Could pipeline opponents sink Northam and elect a pipeline advocate?

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  • – Roanoke Times editorial – 8/1/17
Daniel Shaffer August 11, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

Consumer advocates argue in Virginia Supreme Court against law that froze Dominion’s rates

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  • – The Richmond Times-Dispatch – 4/21/17
Daniel Shaffer April 27, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

Call for DEIS to be Rescinded and Revised

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline should be “rescinded and revised, and that the current public comment period be extended or suspended,” so stated a motion filed March 8 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by Friends of Nelson and Wild Virginia,

Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

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Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

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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