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After 50 years, National Environmental Policy Act long overdue for revision

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  • – The Exponent-Telegram – 1/17/20
Daniel Shaffer January 24, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Trump signs permit for construction of controversial Keystone XL pipeline

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  • – The Washington Post – 3/29/19
Daniel Shaffer April 5, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Agencies play tug of war over pipeline protection

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  • – E&E News – 8/23/18
Daniel Shaffer August 31, 2018 Big Picture Read more

Virginia Game and Fisheries Agency Accused of Being “Gamed” by Dominion

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF), in the closing days of the McAuliffe administration, rolled back restrictions on construction in streams to help Dominion and Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers move the project along faster. The modifications granted,

Daniel Shaffer June 29, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

Interior Department poised to approve Arctic oil-drilling island

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  • – Washington Examiner – 8/17/17
Daniel Shaffer August 18, 2017 Big Picture Read more

Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad

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  • – The New York Times – 6/15/17
Daniel Shaffer June 16, 2017 Big Picture Read more

DPMC Takes Legal Action Against Virginia DEQ. Again!

For the second time in less than a year, the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has started a legal proceeding to compel the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to obey the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

DPMC seeks information justifying a DEQ decision that affects regulation of utility lines constructed through streams and wetlands in Virginia.

Daniel Shaffer April 14, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Agency urges Dominion to avoid karst terrain

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  • – The Recorder – 4/13/17
Daniel Shaffer April 14, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Rex Tillerson wastes no time: The State Department rewrote its climate change page

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  • – Salon – 4/14/17
Daniel Shaffer April 14, 2017 Big Picture 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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