If you just can’t get enough of the debate over
the Keystone XL pipeline, take note of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
proposal—which has the potential to become the Keystone of the
East. Unlike Keystone, which would ship oil from the Canadian tar
sands, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would ship natural gas extracted
from the Marcellus shale formation.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, has enthusiastically
endorsed the project. Still, environmentalists and local residents
are not pleased. In fact, writes A. Barton Hinkle,
environmentalists are downright dismayed—even though the power
companies plan to do precisely what the Environmental Protection
Agency wants them to.
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