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California farmers are planting solar panels as water supplies dry up

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  • – Los Angeles Times – 7/31/19
Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Fourth Circuit Panel Hears Arguments on Challenge to ACP Permit

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA on May 9 heard arguments challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) biological opinion and incidental take statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) that led to work stopping on the project. 

Daniel Shaffer May 13, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus, officials say

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  • – The Washington Post – 2/24/19
Daniel Shaffer March 1, 2019 Big Picture Read more

New Report Predicts Dire Consequences From Climate Change

A new report issued October 8 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body within the United Nations, found that a continuation of greenhouse gas emissions at their current rate could warm the atmosphere by as much as 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040.

Daniel Shaffer October 18, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

The Climate Post: Grid Reliability Study Released as Climate Change Panel Disbands

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  • – Huffington Post – 8/24/17
Daniel Shaffer August 25, 2017 Big Picture Read more

A Senate panel speaks for sound clean energy policy — and rebukes Trump

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  • – Brookings Institution – 8/8/17
Daniel Shaffer August 11, 2017 Big Picture Read more

Senate Panel Advances Energy and Interior Nominees

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  • – Roll Call – 6/6/17
Daniel Shaffer June 9, 2017 Big Picture Read more

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Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

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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Monterey, VA 24465

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