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Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes

Card – Associated Press – 5/11/22

Bill stripping citizen air and water boards of permitting power headed to governor

Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/28/22

Limpert: Mountain Valley Pipeline will be a health hazard

Card – The Roanoke Times – 3/9/22

Air and water board bills hurt businesses and communities

Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/21/22 Related: Va. Senate Democrats pass GOP bill to remove power of citizen environmental boards Bill to strip state environmental boards of permitting authority is a big mistake

Senate panel advances bill to strip citizen boards’ environmental permitting power

Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/8/22

MVP appeals Virginia Air Board vote on compressor station permit

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) on December 31 filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals over the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s December 3 denial of a permit for the Lambert Compressor Station, a project associated with

Virginia regulatory board denies Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station permit

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/3/21 Related: MVP Southgate Developers Eye ‘Next Steps’ After Virginia DEQ Panel Denies Permit

Exploratory drilling for copper, zinc underway in Pittsylvania County as new environmental coalition forms

Card – Danville Register & Bee – 12/13/21 Related: Press Pause on metal mining in Virginia

Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits

Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/25/21

Chatham residents and others to speak against Lambert Compressor Station at air board hearing

Card – Appalachian Voices – 12/1/21 Related: Residents Near Proposed Lambert Compressor Station Push Back, Cite Environmental Racism

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ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.