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Appeals court declines latest request to stop work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 11/18/20
Daniel Shaffer November 20, 2020 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

Oceana Finds Plastic Entangling, Choking 1,800 Marine Animals in U.S. Waters

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  • – Oceana – 11/19/20
Daniel Shaffer November 20, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Comments Filed Opposing Endangered Species Act Modification

Sixty-Four conservation organizations, including ABRA and several of its members, filed comments on September 3 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to a proposal by the two agencies to define “habitat” in the regulations governing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 

Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Virginia’s vanishing bee: State works to save rusty patched bumblebee

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 9/8/20
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  • No critical habitat for this once-common bumblebee
Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline construction won’t jeopardize protected species, federal review says

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 9/4/20
Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

New Biological Assessment Filed With FERC, But Not Made Public

Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 22 a new Biological Assessment (BA) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), but designated the information as “privileged and confidential” and thus not available to the public.

Daniel Shaffer June 26, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

President to Sign Order to Waive Environmental Reviews for Pipelines

The Washington Post has reported that President Trump was to sign on June 4 an Executive Order invoking a federal law where emergency circumstances make it necessary to take an action with significant environmental impact without observing normal requirements imposed by laws such as the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Protection Act. 

Daniel Shaffer June 5, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Outdated pipeline surveys need updates from Dominion

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  • – The Recorder – 4/9/20
Daniel Shaffer April 10, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Federal Court Rebuffs FWS Over Classification of Northern Long-Eared Bat

The 2015 listing of the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has been rejected by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  The January 28 decision by the Court,

Daniel Shaffer February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

FERC Restarts New Fish and Wildlife Permit Process for ACP

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has requested in a February 10 letter that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reinitiate formal consultation with Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) to develop a new Biological Opinion (BO) and Incidental Take Statement (ITS) on the company’s proposed pipeline. 

Daniel Shaffer February 14, 2020 Pipeline Updates 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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