Sponsor: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Developer: Lobbyists & Legislators in WV Lobbyists and legislators have persistently promoted off-highway vehicle recreation on West Virginia’s public lands, Federal and state, for the last two years. For obvious reasons, the West Virginia Highlands
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
The Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Never Be Completed—Time For Everyone to Admit It
Card – Common Dreams – 2/19/22
House panel rejects metals mining study
Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/7/22
Restoring Lands Impacted by Scuttled Appalachian Natural Gas Pipelines to Cause Minimal Impacts, FERC Affirms
Card – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/27/21
Release of final SEIS for ACP restoration is delayed
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced a revised schedule for releasing a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and making a final decision on the restoration plan that had been submitted for the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Originally,
Final SEIS on ACP Restoration to be published by November 19
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be releasing by November 19 the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the restoration work that must be done on the route for the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The SEIS will
FERC urged to require a Supplemental EIS for the MVP
Twenty conservation organizations (including ABRA and several of its members), urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on September 13 to require a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) regarding the project’s application for an
EPA, New River Gorge, others express concerns to FERC about potential Mountain Valley Pipeline impacts
Card – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 9/15/21
They Couldn’t Drink Their Water. And Still, They Stayed Quiet.
Card – The New York Times – 9/17/21