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FERC shakes up Northeast renewables with grid rule phaseout

Card – E&E Energywire – 6/1/22

Daniel Shaffer June 10, 2022 Big Picture Read more

Dominion makes its case to SCC for $9.65 billion from customers to build wind farm

Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 5/17/22 Related: What’s ‘reasonable and prudent’ when it comes to Dominion offshore wind project’s costs?

Daniel Shaffer May 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

State panel studies potential impact of gold mining in Virginia

Card – WDBJ7 News – 5/16/22

Daniel Shaffer May 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Off-road vehicles pose threat to public lands

A new project added this week to ABRA’s Conservation Hub highlights the growing threat off-road-vehicles (ORVs) pose to the environmental integrity of public lands.  Sponsored by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the project includes an interactive online map to help

Daniel Shaffer February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

MVP appeals Virginia Air Board vote on compressor station permit

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) on December 31 filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals over the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s December 3 denial of a permit for the Lambert Compressor Station, a project associated with

Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline stream-crossing permit approved by Virginia regulators

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/14/21 Related: Virginia State Water Control Board Consents to Further Assault on State Waters by MVP

Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

Virginia regulatory board denies Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station permit

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/3/21 Related: MVP Southgate Developers Eye ‘Next Steps’ After Virginia DEQ Panel Denies Permit

Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

Virginia Water Board approves MVP permit

The Virginia State Water Control Board voted 3-2 on December 14 to approve a water quality certificate for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Two members were not present.  The project still needs a water certificate from West Virginia, which is

Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits

Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/25/21

Daniel Shaffer December 3, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

SCC approves settlement in review of Dominion Energy Virginia rates

Card – August Free Press – 11/20/21

Daniel Shaffer December 3, 2021 Regional Issues Read more
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ABRA CONSERVATION HUB 

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.

ABRA

The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance Is dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region and the surrounding  Central Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and West Virginia.

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Rick Webb, Executive Director
Dan Shaffer, GIS Administrator

Post Office Box 96
Monterey, Virginia 24465

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