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What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 7/8/21
Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

PHMSA staff concerned about agency-industry ties —IG

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  • – E&E Energywire – 1/19/21
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  • New PHMSA Rule to Ease Restrictions on Natural Gas Pipeline Operators
Daniel Shaffer January 22, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

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

Why choosing solar panels or a hybrid car has more impact than you think

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  • – Treehugger – 2/6/20
Daniel Shaffer February 8, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Charitable Gifts by Utilities Used to Win Public Support, New Study Says

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the philanthropic contributions of 10 leading investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. EPI found that “all of these major utilities use their charitable giving to manipulate politics,

Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

“Strings Attached”: New Report Examines How Dominion, Other Utilities “Use Charitable Giving to Influence Politics and Increase Investor Profits”

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  • – Blue Virginia – 12/11/19
Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Restrictions Proposed on Duke Energy Influence Spending, but Groups say Loopholes Should be Closed

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  • – NC WARN – 12/5/19
Daniel Shaffer December 6, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Virginia Ethics Enforcement So Weak It Can’t Be Rated

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  • – Bacon’s Rebellion – 9/13/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

New Study Shows Children Can Influence Parents on Climate Change

A new study released last month by North Carolina State University (NCSU) demonstrates that children can influence the views of their parents on climate change.  The finding is particularly relevant given that globally only 54% of people believe in climate change,

Daniel Shaffer June 8, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Dominion keeps trying to pull the wool over our eyes

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/5/19
Daniel Shaffer May 13, 2019 Local & ACP Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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