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Keystone XL: police discussed stopping anti-pipeline activists ‘by any means’

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  • – The Guardian – 11/25/19
Daniel Shaffer December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Judge bars ‘riot boosting’ law aimed at Keystone XL protests

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  • – E&E Energywire – 9/19/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Big Picture Read more

‘Getting in the way:’ Inside the standoff over the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 8/4/19
  • Related:
  • – Federal Court Refuses Mountain Valley Pipeline Request to Remove Tree Sitters in Virginia
Daniel Shaffer August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline: Barricaded protester extracted, arrested

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  • – Bluefield Daily Telegraph – 5/7/19
Daniel Shaffer May 13, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

“To Hell With Your Permits — Work Stopped At MVP Site In WV, Protester Charged with Felony”

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  • – Blue Virginia – 4/25/19
Daniel Shaffer May 3, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlight Risks That Off-Duty Cops Pose To Pipeline Opponents

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  • – The Intercept – 8/22/18
Daniel Shaffer August 24, 2018 Big Picture Read more

Retired Schoolteacher Arrested After Sunoco Claims She Violated Court Order in Mariner East Pipeline Dispute

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  • – DeSmog – 8/1/18
Daniel Shaffer August 10, 2018 Big Picture Read more

Three Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters arrested in Monroe

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  • – Bluefield Daily Telegraph – 6/5/8
Daniel Shaffer June 8, 2018 Regional & MVP Read more

Police make arrests as protests of the Mountain Valley Pipeline intensify

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 4/11/18
Daniel Shaffer April 14, 2018 Regional & MVP Read more

Police cite 19 at pipeline protest in downtown Richmond

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  • – CBS 6 News – 9/14/17
Daniel Shaffer September 15, 2017 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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