Concerned Virginians flooded the conference center at James Madison University Monday night to submit their environmental questions on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
“We’re here to talk about water — it’s about the kids, the grandkids — everybody here drinks water," said Dave Copper, of Staunton.
Over 120 people signed up to speak and hundreds more were there just to listen, with many highlighting worries about how constructing the pipeline through the Virginia heartland, and crossing more than 700 rivers and streams in the process, may affect water quality and imploring the state's environmental agency to strictly safeguard Virginia water from the project.
