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Axed Pipeline Is Welcomed News For Chesapeake Residents - The New Journal and Guide

By Leonard E. Colvin

Chief Reporter

New Journal and Guide

When Dominion Energy announced July 5 that it was stopping the six-year project to build the 600-mile $8 billion-dollar Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), pipeline opponents were jubilant.

Environmental advocates, and civil rights groups like the NAACP and SCLC were celebrating a hard-fought victory over the powerful utility.

The coalition of opponents used the courts and various regulatory barriers to wear the powerful utility giant down and kill the project.

Continue reading Axed Pipeline Is Welcomed News For Chesapeake Residents at The New Journal and Guide .

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