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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Proposed Route
Threat to Coastal Region
03/23/2017 by Catherine Kozak
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA — Thanks to Google Earth, it’s easy to see Eastern North Carolina’s rural versus urban dichotomy in the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Loosely following the path of the Interstate 95 corridor, the pipe would cross 178 miles of mostly small farming communities that suffer struggling economies and limited opportunity. Wealth here is in land, history and culture.
For the most part, the pipeline cutting through Northhampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland and Robeson counties bypasses cities, saving urban dwellers from loss of their homes and the hazards of an underground duct carrying volatile gas being installed in their neighborhoods.
As political headwinds are shifting back in favor of fossil fuels, opponents of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline are challenging claims about the safety and economic benefits of natural gas to Eastern North Carolina, pointing to methane leakage and decreased value of property subdivided by pipeline easements.
“There could be environmental impact for the coastal region too,” said Jim Warren, executive director of NC WARN, a nonprofit clean energy watchdog.
Snip.
Much, much more at the link.
http://www.coastalreview.org/2017/03/pipeline-could-pose-threat-to-coastal-region/
03/23/2017 by Catherine Kozak
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA — Thanks to Google Earth, it’s easy to see Eastern North Carolina’s rural versus urban dichotomy in the route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Loosely following the path of the Interstate 95 corridor, the pipe would cross 178 miles of mostly small farming communities that suffer struggling economies and limited opportunity. Wealth here is in land, history and culture.
For the most part, the pipeline cutting through Northhampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland and Robeson counties bypasses cities, saving urban dwellers from loss of their homes and the hazards of an underground duct carrying volatile gas being installed in their neighborhoods.
As political headwinds are shifting back in favor of fossil fuels, opponents of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline are challenging claims about the safety and economic benefits of natural gas to Eastern North Carolina, pointing to methane leakage and decreased value of property subdivided by pipeline easements.
“There could be environmental impact for the coastal region too,” said Jim Warren, executive director of NC WARN, a nonprofit clean energy watchdog.
Snip.
Much, much more at the link.
http://www.coastalreview.org/2017/03/pipeline-could-pose-threat-to-coastal-region/
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