- – The Roanoke Times – 7/20/20
New Study Says Landslides Are a Serious Threat to the ACP
The routes of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), as well as the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), pass through the most landslide-prone landscape in the United States, according to a new study released June 11 by the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA).
High time to relocate troubled ACP project
- – The Recorder – 3/5/20
Climate change threatens a giant of West Virginia’s landscape
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 11/24/19
In search for cheaper, longer energy storage, mountain gravity could eventually top lithium-ion
- – Utility Dive – 11/12/19
North Carolina approved one pipeline. Why is it now questioning another?
- – The News & Observer – 11/6/19
IN MEMORIUM: April Pierson-Keating
April Pierson-Keating, founder of the Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance, an ABRA member, passed away September 28. April was an inspiration to all who knew and worked with her. Her efforts on behalf of environmental issues in West Virginia and her contributions to the greater welfare of her community were exemplary.
New Studies Conclude Role of Natural Gas As a “Bridge Fuel” Is Over
Two new reports released by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) conclude that “the role of natural gas as a ‘bridge fuel’ is behind us.” In announcing the reports, RMI states:
The past decade has seen a dramatic reduction in the costs of wind,
Renewables, storage poised to undercut natural gas prices, increase stranded assets: RMI
- – Utility Dive – 9/11/19
Feds Issue Bulletin Warning of Pipeline Dangers in Mountains
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued on May 2 an advisory bulletin “to remind owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines of the potential for damage to pipeline facilities caused by earth movement from both landslides and subsidence in variable,