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Update 120

Call for DEIS to be Rescinded and Revised

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline should be “rescinded and revised, and that the current public comment period be extended or suspended,” so stated a motion filed March 8 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by Friends of Nelson and Wild Virginia,

Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Mountaintop Removal Will Be a Significant Consequence of the ACP

The focus on environmental consequences of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline(ACP) has largely centered upon impacts on water resources and plant and animal species.  Recent work done by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has broadened that concern to an examination of the effect the ACP would have on the many mountain ridges that the project would cross.

Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Four Weeks Remain to Comment on the ACP DEIS

The April 6 deadline for commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is only 4 weeks away.  The public comment sessions held over the past few weeks by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission drew hundreds of people,

Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Pipeline Updates Read more

Anti-pipeline groups take legal stand with FERC motion

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  • – News Leader – 3/9/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Mountaintop removal worries neighborhood

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  • – The Recorder – 3/9/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Activists say pipeline environmental assessment ‘appallingly incomplete’

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  • – Southeast Energy News – 3/7/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Boyette calls for ‘transparency and truth’ on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – The Wilson Times – 3/8/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Adventures Afield: Augusta County leads local charge against fracking

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  • – The Rural Virginian – 3/8/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Protest, Support, Controversy Surround Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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  • – Public Radio East – 3/3/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Local & ACP Read more

Citizens point out inconsistencies in Mount Valley Pipeline data

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  • – The Register-Herald – 3/8/17
Daniel Shaffer March 10, 2017 Regional & MVP Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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