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UN calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon-free

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  • – Associated Press – 12/2/20
Daniel Shaffer December 4, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Air Board beefs up public notice requirements for new fossil fuel plants

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 9/18/20
Daniel Shaffer September 25, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly

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  • – Vox – 8/6/20
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Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Big Picture Read more

We Are in an Unprecedented Climate Experiment

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  • – Outside Magazine – 5/27/20
Daniel Shaffer May 29, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Southern Company Pledges Net Zero Emissions by 2050 but Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels

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  • – Energy & Policy Institute – 5/28/20
Daniel Shaffer May 29, 2020 Big Picture Read more

FERC Rejects State AGs Plea for Project Moratorium During COVID-19 Crisis

A May 7 request by attorneys general of 10 states and the District of Columbia for a moratorium on approvals of all new and pending natural gas pipelines, LNG facilities and related fossil-fuel infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic has been summarily rejected by the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Herring joins other AGs in call for federal regulators to halt new fossil fuel projects during pandemic

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/8/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Energy regulator declines states’ request for moratorium on pipeline approvals

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  • – The Hill – 5/13/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Big Picture Read more

FERC order could bar offshore wind from U.S. power market

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  • – E&E Energywire – 5/13/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Yet Another State Quietly Moves To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus

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  • – Huffington Post – 5/8/20
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Big Picture 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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