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Southern Environmental Law Center

ABRA, SELC Honored by Rockbridge Area Conservation Council

ABRA and Southern Environmental Law Center were each honored for their role in fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) at the November 8 Board of Directors meeting of the Rockbridge Area Conservation Council (RACC).

SELC received the Relentless Warriors Award in recognition for its “dedicated pursuit of justice and tireless work,

Daniel Shaffer November 20, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

SELC op-ed: Great American Outdoors Act is monumental for the South

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  • – Southern Environmental Law Center – 8/24/20
Daniel Shaffer August 28, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

SELC asks Dominion Energy to end ‘pipeline to nowhere’

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  • – The Recorder – 8/6/20
Daniel Shaffer August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

New NEPA Regulations Challenged in Court

The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a complaint July 29 with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia asking that the new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), issued July 15 by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ),

Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Defeat of Atlantic Coast Pipeline rooted in homegrown legal strategy

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  • – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 7/24/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Dominion’s requests need public input, SELC argues

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  • – The Recorder – 7/23/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

SELC’s pipeline team reflects on the path to victory

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  • – Southern Environmental Law Center – 7/9/20
Daniel Shaffer July 10, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Forest Service Cautioned Against Relying on FERC’s EIS for the ACP

The U.S. Forest Service has been cautioned that it should not depend upon the reliability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) developed in 2017 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as the agency develops a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the project. 

Daniel Shaffer June 26, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

SELC: Dominion plan anchored on pollution

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  • – The Recorder – 5/7/20
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  • Dominion Energy’s Costly New Energy Blueprint Fails to Meet Challenge of Virginia’s Clean Energy Transition
Daniel Shaffer May 8, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

SELC Urges FERC To Uphold Tree Clearing Requirements for ACP

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been urged to reject any request the agency might receive from Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC to bypass tree clearing restrictions under provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).  In a March 27 letter,

Daniel Shaffer April 3, 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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