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All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go


Pipe for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is shown in storage yards near Bealeton, VA (left, south of Warrenton) and near Culpeper, VA (r).  The pipe in both locations has been stored for over 18-months. And counting.

(Photo credit: Ben Cunningham,

Daniel Shaffer June 5, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Planners Approve Laydown Yard

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  • -The News-Gazette – 5/20/20
Daniel Shaffer May 26, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

ACP Construction Yard in Goshen Approved by County Planning Commission

The Rockbridge County, VA Planning Commission approved on May 13 a site plan for a proposed construction storage yard for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in Goshen, VA.  The 4-0 vote (with one abstention) came despite 95 of the 99 written comments received by the Commission expressing opposition to the yard plan. 

Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Concerns Expressed About Proposed ACP Yard in Goshen, VA

A proposed construction storage yard has drawn expressions of deep concern from a coalition of Rockbridge County citizens plus ABRA, Augusta County Alliance and the Rockbridge Area Conservation Council, both of whom are ABRA members. The proposed yard site is proximate to wetlands and streams on the edge of Goshen that empty into the Calfpasture River and then the scenic Maury River.

Daniel Shaffer May 4, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Texas construction company no longer working on Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Register-Herald – 12/4/19
Daniel Shaffer December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Pipeline contractors owe about $1.5 million in unpaid taxes, Franklin County says

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  • – WDBJ7 News – 10/30/19
Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Pipeline protester found not guilty of assaulting security guard

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 9/16/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Amherst council approves lease to Atlantic Coast Pipeline for storage yard, staging hub

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  • – The News & Advance – 8/14/19
Daniel Shaffer August 16, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline Contractor Has a History of Killing its Own Workers

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  • – Blue Virginia – 8/1/19
Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Official: Atlantic Coast Pipeline seeks to lease Amherst site for storage, transporting workers

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  • – The News & Advance – 7/15/19
Daniel Shaffer July 19, 2019 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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