Skip to content
Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance Logo

Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Protecting environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region

Menu

  • Home
  • About ABRA
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Department of Energy

Opportunity to comment on commercial gold mining in Virginia

As previously reported, the Canadian exploration company, Aston Bay, has been performing exploratory drilling for gold across central Virginia, and advertizing their finds internationally. As one of the most environmentally destructive activities undertaken by humans, modern industrial-scale gold mining saddles

Daniel Shaffer June 10, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

What to watch at DOE, FERC, Interior in 2022

Card – E&E Energywire – 1/5/22

Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Big Picture Read more

From 4% to 45%: Energy Department Lays Out Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Power

Card – The New York Times – 9/8/21 Related: DOE Releases Solar Futures Study Providing the Blueprint for a Zero-Carbon Grid

Daniel Shaffer September 10, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Granholm on pipelines: ‘We want to build more’

Card – E&E News – 6/1/21

Daniel Shaffer June 11, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Biden set to supercharge clean energy push with $40B stash

Card – Politico – 1/1/21

Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Big Picture Read more

DOE, other US agencies embrace ‘social distancing’ to weather coronavirus

Card – S&P Global – 3/17/20

Daniel Shaffer March 20, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Details emerge about Department of Energy’s ‘super‑grid’ renewable study

Card – E&E News – 10/30/19

Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Big Picture Read more

LaFleur cautions on administrative interference as she exits FERC

Card – Utility Dive – 7/29/19

Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Big Picture Read more

‘Freedom gas’? That’s what Trump’s Energy Department is now calling natural gas

Card – MarketWatch – 5/29/19

Daniel Shaffer May 31, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Coal companies join with Rick Perry to derail Trump nominee

Card – Politico – 3/19/19

Daniel Shaffer March 22, 2019 Big Picture Read more
  • « Previous

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB 

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.

ABRA

The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance Is dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region and the surrounding  Central Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and West Virginia.

Contact Us

Rick Webb, Executive Director
Dan Shaffer, GIS Administrator

Post Office Box 96
Monterey, Virginia 24465

Support ABRA

DONATE HERE

Subscribe to ABRA Updates

Copyright © 2023 Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance. All rights reserved. Theme Spacious by ThemeGrill. Powered by: WordPress.