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    Potomac Riverkeeper Network > Latest Posts > Fracking & Mining

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Fracking & Mining
  • Press Release

    Cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Hailed by Shenandoah Riverkeeper

    on July 6, 2020

    Years of Diligent Advocacy Yields Major Victory Ending Environmentally Dangerous and Unnecessary Pipeline Washington, D.C. – July 6 – Shenandoah Riverkeeper and Potomac Riverkeeper Network…


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  • Help Us Preserve the Appalachian Trail and Shenandoah!

    on June 12, 2019

    Don’t let Dominion do an end run around the courts and federal agencies – we need…


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  • Help us stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built across the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway!

    on May 20, 2019

    Help us stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built across the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway! …


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  • Thoughts for the New Year!

    on January 17, 2019

    Happy New Year! I now have more than six months at Potomac Riverkeeper Network behind me – I…


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  • Maryland Board of Public Works Denies Potomac Pipeline Easement Across State Property

    on January 2, 2019

    In a stunning victory for clean water, the Maryland Board of Public Works today rejected,…


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  • Buckingham Deserves the Same Treatment as Mount Vernon

    on November 20, 2018

      Where Dominion’s gas compressor station is concerned, Buckingham deserves the same treatment as Mount Vernon, by Michael Paul Williams in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.  Read…


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  • Statewide Conservation Groups Call on Northam to Reverse Decision to Replace Air Board Members During Pending Permit Decision

    on November 16, 2018

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 15 Media Contacts: Claudine McElwain | cmcelwain@selcva.org | 434-977-4090 Lee Francis | lfrancis@valcv.org |…


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  • POTOMAC PIPELINE: Tell the National Park Service You Expect Them to Protect the Potomac River!

    on November 13, 2018

    We need your help to stop this project! Sign our petition by November…


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  • Help Us Stop the Potomac Pipeline by Joining Our Letter Writing Campaign!

    on October 4, 2018

    We need your help – and we need it now!  Write a letter to National Park Service…


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  • Take Action Now: Insist the Superintendent of the C&O Canal denies a right of way permit to TransCanada for the Potomac Pipeline

    on October 1, 2018

    For those of you following the developments of the Potomac Pipeline – and I hope that’s all of you – you probably know that…


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