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Update 116

VOF Defers Decision on Conservation Easement Proposal

The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) Board of Trustees voted February 9 to defer until a later date a decision on the request from Dominion Transmission, Inc. for permission to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross 10 properties with conservation easements held by the VOF.  

Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Gubernatorial Candidate Perriello Announces Opposition to ACP & MVP

Tom Perriello, a Democrat candidate for Governor of Virginia, announced this week his opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  In a video posted on his Facebook page, Perriello said:

“Virginia deserves better than two pipelines we don’t need,

Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Dominion’s Plans to Use HDD Challenged in Comments to FERC

The risk of failure for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to safely cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (ANST) and the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) is “substantial,” according to comments filed February 7 by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC). 

Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Decision on easement conversion for pipeline tabled

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  • – The Recorder – 2/9/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Pipeline opponents urged to fight on

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  • – The Recorder – 2/9/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Perriello comes out against pipeline, and in a shift, says he is skeptical of offshore drilling

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  • – The Washington Post – 2/8/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Atlantic Coast Pipeline granted access to survey 29 Nelson properties

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  • – The News Advance – 2/6/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Session so far a ‘mixed bag’ on renewable energy

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 2/4/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Justice says he’s going to make DEP stop saying ‘no’ to industry

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 2/8/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more

Dominion Power Defends its Billion-Dollar Handout from Ratepayers, Squashes Dissent, Asks for More

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  • – The Energy Collective – 2/8/17
Daniel Shaffer February 16, 2017 Regional & MVP 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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