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New Report Details How Big Banks Have Propped up the Shale Industry

A new report by Oil Change International and Rainforest Action Network shows how major banks have continued pouring money into fracking companies in recent years despite numerous warnings that the sector was financially unsustainable — on top of the well-documented environmental,

Daniel Shaffer September 25, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

EQT bids for Chevron U.S. shale-gas assets in Appalachia – sources

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  • – Reuters – 9/16/20
Daniel Shaffer September 25, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Gov. Northam Signs Utility Consumer Bill, Shale Industry Balks

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law April 6 a new law that would protect ratepayers from being charge for the cost of unneeded infrastructure, such as natural gas pipelines, based upon a determination by the State Corporation Commission. HB 167,

Daniel Shaffer April 17, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Coronavirus May Kill Our Fracking Fever Dream

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  • – The New York Times – 4/10/20
Daniel Shaffer April 17, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Fracking Needs a Shakeout, Not a Bailout

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  • – The Washington Post – 3/12/20
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    producers during outbreak
Daniel Shaffer March 13, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Natural Gas Boom Fizzles as a U.S. Glut Sinks Profits

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  • – The New York Times – 12/11/19
  • Related:
  • Shale’s Debt-Fueled Drilling Boom Is Coming To An End
Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Federal Pipeline Permitting Process Overdue for Renovation, Insiders Say

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 10/22/19
  • Related:
  • Courts Question Pipeline Builders’ Use of Eminent Domain to Take Land
  • Tug of war emerges at FERC over ruling on eminent domain for gas pipelines
Daniel Shaffer October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Big Picture Read more

Fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought

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  • – Vox – 8/16/19
Daniel Shaffer August 16, 2019 Big Picture 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

Former Shale Gas CEO Says Fracking Revolution Has Been ‘A Disaster’ For Drillers, Investors

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  • – DeSmog – 6/23/19
Daniel Shaffer July 19, 2019 Big Picture Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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