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The Reason Right-Wing States Are Cracking Down on Indigenous Climate Protesters

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  • – Gizmodo – 9/7/21
Daniel Shaffer September 10, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

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  • – OtherWords – 12/2/20
Daniel Shaffer December 4, 2020 Big Picture Read more

A Powerful Petrochemical Lobbying Group Advanced Anti-Protest Legislation in the Midst of the Pandemic

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  • – The Intercept – 6/7/20
Daniel Shaffer June 12, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Trump administration moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections

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  • – PBS – 6/5/20
Daniel Shaffer June 12, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Yet Another State Quietly Moves To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus

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  • – Huffington Post – 5/8/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Big Picture Read more

WV Senate Committee Approves Bill Curbing Infrastructure Protests

The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a voice vote on March 4 a bill that would establish as a misdemeanor an action by “any person who willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters property containing a critical infrastructure without permission.”  A similar measure passed the WV House of Delegates by a 65-30 vote on February 13. 

Daniel Shaffer March 6, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Bill to criminalize trespassing at infrastructure facilities takes heat during public hearing

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  • – WV Metro News – 2/10/20
Daniel Shaffer February 14, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas

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  • – ProPublica – 2/7/20
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  • Ohio anti-protest bill could criminalize support for pipeline demonstrations
Daniel Shaffer February 14, 2020 Big Picture Read more

‘Protesters as terrorists’: growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime

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  • – The Guardian – 7/8/19
Daniel Shaffer July 12, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Trump administration seeks criminal crackdown on pipeline protests

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  • – Politico – 6/3/18
Daniel Shaffer June 8, 2019 Big Picture Read more
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Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

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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540-290-0913

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Monterey, VA 24465

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