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Meet the environmental law expert leading Biden’s EPA team

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  • – E&E Greenwire – 11/19/20
Daniel Shaffer November 20, 2020 Big Picture Read more

A look at the Atlantic Coast Pipeline easement process that left Nelson landowners $15 million richer

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  • – The News & Advance – 8/15/20
Daniel Shaffer August 21, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Event: Train to be a Legal Observer: Document Law Enforcement & protester Interactions

Attorney Kai Memmer, a volunteer for the Southwest Virginia Chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild, will train attendees to become Legal Observers. LO’s are needed immediately in the Elliston, VA area, other areas along the MVP route, and where law enforcement and protestors are in proximity,

Daniel Shaffer October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

White House sends Senate formal nomination for fourth FERC member

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  • – S&P Global – 10/15/19
Daniel Shaffer October 21, 2019 Big Picture 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

Trump to pick agency lawyer to fill vacant seat — sources

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  • – E&E Energywire – 9/19/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Wehrum Resigns from EPA, Leaving Climate Rule Rollbacks in His Wake

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  • – Inside Climate News – 6/26/19
Daniel Shaffer June 28, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Brief Supporting Environmental Justice for Historic African-American Community in Virginia

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  • – Blue Virginia – 6/10/19
Daniel Shaffer June 15, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Trump to Nominate Former McGuireWoods Partner to FERC Vacancy

Bernard McNamee, Executive Director of the Office of Policy for the U.S. Department of Energy, is to be nominated by President Trump to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, it was announced October 3 by the White House. 

Daniel Shaffer October 5, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

Suit Could Block Pipelines on Constitutional Grounds

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  • – WVTF – 7/27/17
Daniel Shaffer July 29, 2017 Regional & MVP 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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