Appalachia

Pipeline opponents seek to influence FERC decision
Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:00 am
By Duncan Adams

One woman in the crowd reacted emphatically to longtime environmental lawyer Joe Lovett’s self-described, hard-won cynicism about federal agencies.

“Our power is in our numbers and we will stop this pipeline,” declared Carolyn Deck, a resident of Floyd County.

Deck referred specifically to the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-mile long, 42-inch diameter buried interstate natural gas transmission pipeline that would pass through five regional counties.

She spoke during an anti-pipeline meeting Oct. 28 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation church in Blacksburg. Lovett, executive director of West Virginia-based Appalachian Mountain Advocates, was a featured speaker. He addressed a crowd of more than 225 people....

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