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Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline

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  • – The American Prospect – 12/23/19
Daniel Shaffer January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Too much rain is messing with pipeline operators’ infrastructure plans

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  • – Pittsburg Post-Gazette – 8/5/19
Daniel Shaffer August 12, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Construction materials for pipeline washed into Smith Mountain Lake

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 7/17/19
Daniel Shaffer July 19, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

MVP’s violations show ‘complete absence of any and all meaningful regulation’

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 7/15/19
Daniel Shaffer July 19, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Landslides, explosions spark fear in pipeline country

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  • – E&E News – 6/4/19
Daniel Shaffer June 8, 2019 Regional & MVP Read more

Why the ACP Challenges the Central Appalachian Ecology

Recent weekly environmental monitoring reports issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of construction problems of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline illustrate the significant environmental difficulties being encountered by the project.  The photos below, taken after rains in Upshur County,

Daniel Shaffer February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

As climate change bites in America’s midwest, farmers are desperate to ring the alarm

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  • – The Guardian – 12/12/18
Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Big Picture Read more

Video: Heavy Rains Turn Pristine Streams to “River of Sediment” Thanks to Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction Activities

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  • – Blue Virginia – 10/12/18
Daniel Shaffer October 19, 2018 Regional & MVP Read more

Estimated cost of Mountain Valley Pipeline increased to $4.6 billion

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 9/25/18
Daniel Shaffer September 28, 2018 Regional & MVP 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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