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Christopulos: Tulsa-based union is poorly informed about COVID-19 and MVP in Virginia

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 5/14/20
  • Related:
  • Butterworth: Getting back to work on MVP
Daniel Shaffer May 15, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

‘Environmental Justice Is Not Merely a Box to Be Checked’

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  • – The New York Times – 1/23/20
Daniel Shaffer January 24, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

In Virginia, anti-pipeline activists feel ‘justice was served’ with court ruling

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  • – Energy News Network – 1/15/20
Daniel Shaffer January 17, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

ACP Compressor Station Air Permit Vacated by 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Buckingham compressor station air permit that was granted in January 2019 by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board.  The 47-page opinion was released on January 7.     

Daniel Shaffer January 10, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

4th Circuit nixes key permit for Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, citing environmental justice concerns

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  • – Utility Dive – 1/8/20
  • Related:
  • Union Hill Citizens Overpower Unfair Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Daniel Shaffer January 10, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

NEPA rewrite divides the left

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  • – E&E News – 1/9/20
Daniel Shaffer January 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

In Virginia, Union Hill and racial tensions have put environmental justice back on the map

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 12/5/19
Daniel Shaffer December 6, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Sean McGarvey column: Don’t leave construction workers in regulatory limbo

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  • – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/13/19
Daniel Shaffer November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

A church is fighting back against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – The Christian Century – 7/10/19
Daniel Shaffer July 12, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

‘Ugly episode:’ Northam allies slam his decision to alter board before Dominion vote

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  • – The Washington Post – 11/27/18/em
Daniel Shaffer December 1, 2018 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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