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Forest Service approves MVP crossing through Jefferson National Forest, triggering lawsuit and frustration from environmentalists

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/12/21
Daniel Shaffer January 22, 2021 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

MVP Cleared by FERC for Construction Near National Forest; Glick Calls Decision ‘Nonsensical’

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/18/20
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 ACP-MVP, Regional & MVP Read more

Forest Service supports Mountain Valley Pipeline route through Jefferson National Forest

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 12/11/20
  • Related:
  • Trump administration rams through final Forest Service analysis of controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline
Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

Guidance Issued to Federal Agencies on NEPA Compliance

The Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued on November 2 a memorandum to the heads of all departments and agencies of the Federal Government providing guidance on how to implement a new rule that was adopted in July that revises procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Trump administration taps mainstream climate scientist to run key climate review

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  • – The Washington Post – 11/4/20
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Comments Filed Opposing Endangered Species Act Modification

Sixty-Four conservation organizations, including ABRA and several of its members, filed comments on September 3 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to a proposal by the two agencies to define “habitat” in the regulations governing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 

Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

SELC op-ed: Great American Outdoors Act is monumental for the South

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  • – Southern Environmental Law Center – 8/24/20
Daniel Shaffer August 28, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Forest Service to release new report on Mountain Valley’s impacts on Jefferson National Forest

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 7/31/20
Daniel Shaffer August 7, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Defeat of Atlantic Coast Pipeline rooted in homegrown legal strategy

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  • – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 7/24/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline is a prime example of national permitting failure

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 7/17/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 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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