A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on October 29 on two separate cases brought by ABRA members challenging permits issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
The first case, Wild Virginia v.
A virtual tour of Proposed Shenandoah Mountain Scenic Area
Friends of Shenandoah Mountain (FSM), a long-time ABRA member, has proposed that a 90,000-acre tract of the George Washington National Forest be designated by Congress as a National Scenic Area. FSM has just created a virtual tour of the proposed Scenic Area site.
The United States Isn’t Ready for the New Phase of Climate Change
- – Foreign Affairs – 9/8/21
Complaint filed to obtain records Forest Service is withholding
A complaint was filed August 3 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain information from the U.S. Forest Service that it has withheld for over a year about the proposed Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project (GHFR) within the Monongahela National Forest (MNF),
National Academies to study potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia
China Breached Dozens of Pipeline Companies in Past Decade, U.S. Says
- – The New York Times – 7/20/21
Biden Administration Defends Huge Alaska Oil Drilling Project
- – The New York Times – 5/26/21
City, County Support Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area Designation
- – Daily News-Herald – 3/26/21
Forest Service approves MVP crossing through Jefferson National Forest, triggering lawsuit and frustration from environmentalists
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/12/21
MVP Cleared by FERC for Construction Near National Forest; Glick Calls Decision ‘Nonsensical’
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/18/20