- – Virginia Mercury – 5/23/22
Off-road vehicles pose threat to public lands
A new project added this week to ABRA’s Conservation Hub highlights the growing threat off-road-vehicles (ORVs) pose to the environmental integrity of public lands. Sponsored by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the project includes an interactive online map to help educate the public and legislators regarding the impacts on West Virginia’s public lands.
Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050
Head of WV transportation says federal infrastructure bill would go a long way on highway projects
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 11/15/21
Federal environmental assessment green-lights change in Mountain Valley Pipeline construction method
- – Charleston gazette-Mail – 8/17/21
Federal review recommends leaving cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline pipe, felled trees in place
- – Virginia Mercury – 7/27/21
DC Circuit slams FERC criteria for approving pipelines
The long-standing practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) justifying the need for a new pipeline by over relying on a pipeline’s plans to sell gas to an associated company (e.g., precedent agreements) to establish market need was called into serious question by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision released June 22.
Feds falling short on pipeline safety
U.S. trade representative uses her first speech to call for action on climate change.
- – The New York Times – 4/15/21
Dominion files plans with federal regulators for 2.6 GW offshore wind project, largest in US to date
- – Utility Dive – 12/22/20