I am very concerned by efforts by Dominion to seek approval to let its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline cross iconic and treasured places like the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian Trail. Please do not support any legislation or riders that would give this destructive and unnecessary project a free pass to cross federal lands and parks.
The ACP and its developers are facing a host of permitting problems, numerous lawsuits, and have been tied up in the courts for years owing to its negative effects on our environment and communities. Building the pipeline requires not only land grabs from families, but also cutting across national forests, rivers, streams, and sensitive wetlands. Further, courts are waiting to hear additional challenges to other permits and on the basic question of whether the pipeline is needed in the first place.
The facts show this pipeline is uneconomic and not in the public interest. We don’t need the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to meet our energy demand. ACP’s developers will get a guaranteed rate of return while the massive costs of this pipeline, both financial AND environmental, will be passed on to us. It will harm our environment and force us to pay higher utility bills.
Please oppose any effort in Congress to give a free pass to this unnecessary and destructive pipeline that would harm our communities, environment, and iconic treasured places like the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway.
Thank you for considering my comment.
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