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New FERC commissioner Clements targets revamping ‘outdated’ pipeline policy

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  • – S&P Global – 2/3/21
Daniel Shaffer February 19, 2021 Big Picture Read more

FERC draws fire over pipeline policy

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  • – E&E Energywire – 12/20/20
Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Which Trump Administration-era policies should the incoming Biden-Harris Administration continue?

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  • – Atlantic Council – 11/29/20
Daniel Shaffer December 4, 2020 Big Picture 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

FERC Carbon Pricing Conference Highlights State-Federal Divide on Clean Power Policy

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  • – GreenTech Media – 10/1/20
Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020 Big Picture Read more

FERC faces environmental justice reckoning

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  • – E&E News – 7/31/20
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  • Senators introduce sweeping environmental justice bill
Daniel Shaffer August 7, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Blocked: Brutal month for pipelines shows a friendly White House is not enough

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  • – S&P Global – 8/4/20
Daniel Shaffer August 7, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Even If Oil And Gas Disappear, Pipelines Are Here To Stay

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  • – The Verge – 8/6/20
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Book Recommendation: The Next Great Migration

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah (Bloomsbury, 2020) fascinatingly explores why species migrate – humans, animals and plants. Shah, author of the best-selling book Pandemic,

Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to “Gut” NEPA

President Trump announced on July 15 the issuance of a final rule to significantly revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  The changes in NEPA, first proposed by the President in January, would require that Environmental Impact Statements,

Daniel Shaffer July 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates 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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