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Northern long-eared bat should be declared endangered

Twenty-four conservation groups, including ABRA, have voiced strong support to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the agency to finalize designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.  The groups’ May 23 letter to FWS, sent on their behalf by the Southern Environmental Law Center,

Daniel Shaffer June 10, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

ACP Survey Claims Are Contested as Outdated

Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC’s has contended to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that bat surveys it conducted in 2015 should be considered “current.”  This contention was challenged in an April 2 letter to FERC by the Southern Environmental Law Center. 

Daniel Shaffer April 10, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Federal Court Rebuffs FWS Over Classification of Northern Long-Eared Bat

The 2015 listing of the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has been rejected by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  The January 28 decision by the Court,

Daniel Shaffer February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

A blind crustacean, at least for now, is stronger than Dominion’s drive for a gas pipeline

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  • – News Leader – 8/15/19
Daniel Shaffer August 16, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

4th Circuit casts critical eye on Atlantic Coast permits

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  • – E&E News EnergyWire – 5/10/19
Daniel Shaffer May 13, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Fish and Wildlife Case on the ACP Is Set for Oral Argument on May 9

The lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) biological opinion and incidental take statement for the Atlantic Coast (ACP) that led to work stopping on the project is scheduled for oral argument on Thursday, May 9 before a three-judge panel of the U.S.

Daniel Shaffer April 26, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Developers want more time for pipeline tree clearing

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  • – The Herald-Sun – 3/16/18
Daniel Shaffer March 26, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Pipeline route near bat habitat

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  • – The Recorder – 3/23/17
Daniel Shaffer March 26, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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