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ABRA to Present CSI Overview at Environmental Law Conference

A presentation on ABRA’s Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI) program will be a featured part of the September 27-29 Appalachian Public Information Environmental Law Conference in Knoxville, TN.  ABRA presenters will be Dan Shaffer, CSI Geospatial Consultant, and Ben Cunningham, CSI Virginia Field Coordinator. 

Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

In North Carolina, novel legal maneuver deployed against Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – Energy News Network – 8/21/19
Daniel Shaffer August 23, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Northam Rebuffs Environmental Justice Commission Recommendations

Virginia Natural Resources Secretary Matt Strickler has rebuffed recommendations made to Governor Northam on August 16 by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice (GACEJ) concerning the environmental justice impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). 

Daniel Shaffer October 19, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

Enviros Keep Pressure on FERC to Again Halt All ACP Construction

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 10/8/18
Daniel Shaffer October 18, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

In Virginia, governor and appointees at odds over gas pipelines

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  • – The Washington Post – 8/28/18
Daniel Shaffer August 31, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

ABRA/CSI Pipeline Air Force Reveals Environmental Threats of ACP

A new report issued July 29 by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) highlights the threat to water resources posed by the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Based on aerial photos taken by of ACP construction locations in West Virginia by the Pipeline Air Force,

Daniel Shaffer August 10, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Declares DEQ Acting in Violation of State Water Quality Standards

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  • – Blue Virginia – 8/15/17
Daniel Shaffer August 18, 2017 Local & ACP 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

Columbia’s WB XPress Gets Favorable Environmental Assessment from FERC

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  • – Natura l Gas Intelligence – 3/27/17
Daniel Shaffer March 31, 2017 Big Picture Read more

Atlantic Sunrise Intervenor Condemns FERC Subversion of Environmental Protection Process for The Nesbitt Parcel in Gas Pipeline Case

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  • – Yahoo Finance – 1/23/17
Daniel Shaffer February 6, 2017 Big Picture Read more

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