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

    Posted by Jackie Clark on October 4, 2018

    We need your help – and we need it now!  Write a letter to National Park Service telling them not to issue…


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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

    Posted by webmaster 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 the National Park Service (NPS)…


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  • MARK FRONDORF

    Court Vacates ACP Permits

    Posted by Jackie Clark on August 7, 2018

    Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously vacated the permit issued to Dominion Power by the National Park Service (NPS) for…


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  • FEDS Approve Potomac Pipeline Despite Public Opposition and Risks to the Potomac River

    Posted by Jackie Clark on July 20, 2018

    In 3-1-1 Vote, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dismissed Concerns Raised by Upper Potomac Riverkeeper on Water and Climate…


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  • FERC Certification Approval

    Posted by Jackie Clark on July 20, 2018

    FERC Certificate approval Columbia Gas


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  • Comments on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines

    Posted by Jackie Clark on June 25, 2018

    Comments we filed along with the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Appalachian Mountain Advocates on the sufficiency of Nationwide Permit 12 to protect Virginia’s…


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  • Mountain Valley & Atlantic Coast Pipeline Update

    Posted by Jackie Clark on June 22, 2018

    Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a crucial permit that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) needs…


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  • Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative

    Posted by Robin Broder on March 23, 2018

    While Shenandoah Riverkeeper Mark Frondorf continues to work with the Southern Environmental Law Center and other environmental organizations to challenge the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in the courts, he…


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  • Hogan Administration Approves Pipeline

    Posted by Jackie Clark on March 20, 2018

    I’ve had a chance to review the Potomac Pipeline permit approval issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment…


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  • Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

    Permit Update: Hogan Declines, Grumbles is Silent

    Posted by Jackie Clark on March 16, 2018

    We keep trying!  But, boy, are we disappointed. While we were trying to get the attention of Governor Hogan and Secretary Ben Grumbles of…


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