Fracking and Pipelines — Resources

ACP Virginia DEQ Hearing August Harrisonburg 2017
Visit the following websites to find more information about fracking and natural gas pipelines in the Central and Southern Appalachian region
Community and Nonprofit
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- Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA)/Pipeline CSI – coalition of 52 national, regional, state and local organizations focused on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR) – coalition focused on Mountain Valley Pipeline (also links to member groups)
- Mountain Valley Watch
- Haw River Assembly
- Good Stewards of Rockingham
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
- Frack-Free NC
- Clean Water for North Carolina
- FracTracker Alliance
Appalachian Voices Recordings
- Hands Across the Appalachian Trail (October, 2020)
- Next Steps in the fight against Mountain Valley Pipeline (October 2020)
- Paying for the Pipelines: The high cost of switching to natural gas (May, 2016)
Research and Academic
- Oil Change International: New Money Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline (Nov. 2020)
- As You Sow: Natural gas: A bridge to climate breakdown (March 2020)
- Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance: Why Support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Adds Risks to Shareholders and Ratepayers (January 2020)
- Applied Economics Clinic: Analysis of the Mountain Valley Southgate Pipeline Project (August 2019)
- Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis: The Vanishing Need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Growing Risk That the Pipeline Will Not Be Able to Recover Costs From Ratepayers (January 2019)
- Synapse Energy Economics Inc.: Are the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline Necessary? (Sept. 2016)
- Oil Change International: A Bridge Too Far: How Appalachian Basin Gas Pipeline Expansion Will Undermine U.S. Climate Change Goals (July 2016)
- Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis: Risks Associated With Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in Appalachia (April 2016)
- Union of Concerned Scientists: The Natural Gas Gamble: A Risky Bet on America’s Clean Energy Future (March 2015)
- Concerned Health Professionals of NY: Compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction) (October 2015)
Government
- Atlantic Coast Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Mountain Valley Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration