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The Pipeline Setbacks Reveal the Perils of Rushed Agency Approvals

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  • – Slate – 7/8/20
Daniel Shaffer July 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

FBI now investigating the way in which Pennsylvania approved Mariner East pipeline

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  • – The Philadelphia Inquirer -11/12/19
Daniel Shaffer November 15, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Judges Raise Pointed Questions About ACP Air Permit Approval

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard on October 29 arguments in the case challenging the permit issued by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) compressor station proposed for Buckingham County, VA.  The case,

Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Don’t End Fight Over FERC Pipeline Approval, DC Circ. Told

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  • – Law360 – 9/23/19
Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

EPA signoff marks advance amid late permitting challenges for Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – S&P Global – 8/19/19
Daniel Shaffer August 23, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Environmental groups attack federal approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 1/28/19
Daniel Shaffer February 1, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Fish and Wildlife Approval of ACP Stayed by Fourth Circuit

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) were stayed on December 7 by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  The Court’s Order was the result of a motion filed November 30 by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife,

Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

Nearly a year after federal approval, PennEast Pipeline still faces uphill battle

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  • – The Morning Call – 11/15/18
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2018 Big Picture Read more

Pipeline firm wants federal approval to build in Virginia

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  • – The Recorder – 10/25/18
Daniel Shaffer October 26, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Virginia regulators grant key approvals to Atlantic Coast pipeline, clearing the way for construction

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  • – The Washington Post – 10/20/18
Daniel Shaffer October 26, 2018 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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