Jul 7, 2020
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled Following Years of Legal Challenges
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: climatology, health, law
Pipeline owners Dominion and Duke Energy announced Sunday they were cancelling the fossil fuel project due to mounting delays and uncertainty. They said the many legal challenges to the project had driven up the projected costs by almost half, from $4.5 to $5 billion when it was first announced in 2014 to $8 billion according to the most recent estimate.
Environmental and community groups, who have long opposed the project on climate, conservation and racial justice grounds, welcomed the news.
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