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Dominion Energy nearly quadruples Virginia political contributions from 2018 to 2020

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  • – Energy and Policy Institute – 1/28/21
Daniel Shaffer February 19, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

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  • – OtherWords – 12/2/20
Daniel Shaffer December 4, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Can the Clean Energy Industry Deliver On the Biden-Sanders Climate Plan?

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  • – Greentech Media – 7/9/20
Daniel Shaffer July 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Charitable Gifts by Utilities Used to Win Public Support, New Study Says

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the philanthropic contributions of 10 leading investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. EPI found that “all of these major utilities use their charitable giving to manipulate politics,

Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

In Virginia, Union Hill and racial tensions have put environmental justice back on the map

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 12/5/19
Daniel Shaffer December 6, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

We cannot allow FERC to ignore our climate crisis

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Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Virginia Ethics Enforcement So Weak It Can’t Be Rated

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  • – Bacon’s Rebellion – 9/13/19
Daniel Shaffer September 20, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Pipeline Politics; MVP and ACP Face Rocky Road

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  • – NPR WVTF – 7/23/19
Daniel Shaffer July 26, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Will Corporate ‘Clout’ Kickstart Atlantic Coast Pipeline?

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  • – Who. What. Why. – 7/8/19
Daniel Shaffer July 12, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Former FERC Chair Cheryl LaFleur to End Nine-Year Term in August

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 6/21/19
Daniel Shaffer June 28, 2019 Big Picture 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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