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New Study Highlights How Big Banks Support the Unneeded MVP

A new study from Oil Change International (OCI) reveals that several major U.S. banks have substantially increased their investment in the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).

“New Money Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline,” released by on November 12,

Daniel Shaffer November 20, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

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

House Dems propose boost for landowners in FERC disputes

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  • – E&E Energywire – 5/27/20
Daniel Shaffer May 29, 2020 Big Picture Read more

In the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Construction Is Set to Resume on the Keystone Pipeline

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  • – The New Yorker – 4/7/20
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  • Alberta’s $5.3 Billion Backing of Keystone XL Signals Vulnerability of Canadian Oil
Daniel Shaffer April 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Editorial: What the Constitution Pipeline says about Virginia’s pipelines

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 3/10/20
Daniel Shaffer March 13, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Youth Activists Ask VA Democrats To Support Green New Deal Bill

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  • – Patch – 1/13/20
Daniel Shaffer January 17, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

ACP’s Supreme Court Petition Draws Widespread Support as Stakeholders Await Ruling

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/12/19
Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Briefs in Support of Dominion on AT Issue Filed With Supreme Court

Amicus briefs in support of the appeal by the U.S. Forest Service and Atlantic Coast, LLC to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Cowpasture River, et. al.  case were filed on December 9.  As noted in last week’s ABRA Update,

Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019 Pipeline Updates 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

NC’s attorney general not among 18 push for ACP construction

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  • – The Robesonian – 12/9/19
Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019 Local & ACP 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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