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Virginia Explained: What does it mean to be ‘in the public interest’? And what does that have to do with offshore wind?

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 2/3/20
Daniel Shaffer February 8, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

We cannot allow FERC to ignore our climate crisis

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Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Big Picture Read more

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

Meet the Lawyers Beating Back Trump’s Reckless Environmental Policies — and Winning

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  • – Rolling Stone – 9/20/19
Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Facing Climate Crisis, Senators Have Millions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies

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  • – Sludge – 9/24/19
Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Reps Overseeing Pipeline Safety are Profiting From Pipeline Companies

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  • – Sludge – 5/1/19
Daniel Shaffer May 3, 2019 Big Picture Read more

MVP Southgate Project Is Unnecessary and Harmful to the Public Interest

The proposed extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) into North Carolina – the so-called Southgate Project – has been called “unnecessary and harmful to the public interest” in comments filed March 31 by Thomas Hadwin of the Friends of Central Shenandoah.

Daniel Shaffer April 5, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Virginia’s high court passes on chance to stand up to Dominion for conflicts of interest on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 8/24/18
Daniel Shaffer August 31, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Conflicts of interest pile up on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project

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  • – The Washington Post – 7/3/17
Daniel Shaffer July 7, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Some Legislative Leaders Endorsing ACP Have Financial Ties to ACP

Three of the sixteen state legislative leaders who filed an April 4 letter with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have investments in companies associated with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).  They are:

  • Thomas Norment, Majority Leaders,
Daniel Shaffer April 7, 2017 Pipeline Updates 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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