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Could Climate Change Spark a Financial Crisis? Candidates Warn Fed It’s a Risk

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  • – Inside Climate news – 7/15/19
Daniel Shaffer July 19, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Eight million jobs, $9tn in spending: Jay Inslee’s radical plan to tackle climate change

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  • – The Guardian – 5/16/19
Daniel Shaffer May 17, 2019 Big Picture Read more

A once all-powerful corporation is suddenly politically toxic in Virginia

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  • – The Washington Post – 5/19/1
Daniel Shaffer May 26, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

Dominion letter shows why staying neutral on pipeline project could help Northam

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  • – The Washington Post – 5/16/17
Daniel Shaffer May 19, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Pipeline politics stir Virginia governor’s race

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  • – Culpeper Star-Exponent – 4/9/17
Daniel Shaffer April 14, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Tom Perriello Plus All Three VA Dem LG Candidates Now Oppose the Mountain Valley & Atlantic Coast Gas Pipelines

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  • – Blue Virginia – 3/13/17
Daniel Shaffer March 16, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

LG candidate Susan Platt opposes Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley pipelines

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  • – Augusta Free Press – 2/22/17
Daniel Shaffer March 3, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

Gubernatorial Candidate Perriello Announces Opposition to ACP & MVP

Tom Perriello, a Democrat candidate for Governor of Virginia, announced this week his opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  In a video posted on his Facebook page, Perriello said:

“Virginia deserves better than two pipelines we don’t need,

Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Perriello comes out against pipeline, and in a shift, says he is skeptical of offshore drilling

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  • – The Washington Post – 2/8/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP 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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