Big Picture

The end of natural gas has to start with its name

Card – Vox – 2/10/22

The Next Century’s Big Demographic Mystery

Card – The Atlantic – 2/10/22

Shipping troubles threaten U.S. offshore wind — report

Card – E&E News – 2/3/22

Idaho Is Sitting on One of the Most Important Elements on Earth

Card – The Atlantic – 1/24/22 Related: Idaho has biggest U.S. deposit of metal vital for clean energy. Is mining boom coming? Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article257678943.html#storylink=cpy Also: Visualizing China’s Dominance in Clean Energy Metals

How FERC, courts may change pipeline industry in 2022

Card – E&E Energywire – 1/20/22

Biden outpaces Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands

Card – The Washington Post – 1/27/22

U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods

Card – Reuters – 1/27/22

Climate change fueled 3rd costliest losses ever in 2021 — less than half of that property was insured

Card – Market Watch – 1/25/22

What’s climate change really doing to the ocean? Ask the robots

Card – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – 1/26/22

Carbon-Negative Construction

Card – Anthropocene – 1/2022

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.