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Peter Galuszka: How Virginians will move forward from the defunct Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Peter Galuszka: How Virginians will move forward from the defunct Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The lasting impact of a successful fight against an energy giant.
Politics
supreme court pipeline appalachian
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Pipeline wins Appalachian Trail battle but may lose war

The Supreme Court yesterday removed one hurdle for developers of the Atlantic Coast pipeline, but the natural gas project remains in legal limbo as a host of other obstacles stand in the way of construction.
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Supreme Court removes major obstacle to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a long-delayed project crossing central Virginia

Supreme Court removes major obstacle to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a long-delayed project crossing central Virginia

The court says a federal agency can grant the right of way to pass under the Appalachian Trail in Virginia.
Politics
This pipeline case could gut 100 years of safeguards for federal parks
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This pipeline case could gut 100 years of safeguards for federal parks

The Supreme Court is poised to allow a gas pipeline to pass underneath the Appalachian Trail. Experts can’t believe the case has gotten this far.
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The energy industry's "metaphysical" argument for a pipeline that crosses the Appalachian Trail
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The energy industry's "metaphysical" argument for a pipeline that crosses the Appalachian Trail

Legal experts are baffled over how this case made it to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court seems ready to back pipeline across Appalachian Trail
www.nytimes.com

Supreme Court seems ready to back pipeline across Appalachian Trail

Environmental groups seek to block the $8 billion pipeline, which would deliver natural gas from West Virginia to North Carolina, crossing the famed hiking trail.
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline setback: federal court revokes gas permit in Union Hill
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline setback: federal court revokes gas permit in Union Hill

Virginia regulators failed to consider impact on a vulnerable minority population, judges ruled.
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Opinion: Trump allies aim to take U.S. energy policy back in time

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Puerto Rico’s climate scientists lose federal support amid new Trump policies

Yellow bicycles beside black fence in Paris.

Paris tests public support for green streets by voting on car-free zones

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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Court ruling against Greenpeace sends warning to protest groups nationwide

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EPA dismantles decades of work on environmental justice