Dominion Gas Pipeline: Bad news and a call to action!

Today several discouraging events relating to the proposed Dominion pipeline were announced:

1.  Dominion decided to move forward on the 42" gas pipeline in partnership with Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, and AGL;
2.  Duke Energy and Piedmont chose the Dominion pipeline as the preferred route from five alternatives;
3.  Governor McAuliffe announced his support for the pipeline.

See SELC's Press Release on Governor McAuliffe’s Announcement on Natural Gas Pipeline

What you can do:  Write or call Governor McAuliffe and express your disappointment that he is supporting the pipeline:

• It crosses prime recreational and biological areas in the the George Washington National Forest,  including much of the best remaining wild landscape in Virginia, fragmenting one of the most intact forests in the Eastern United States and opening up a corridor for non-native invasive plants;
• It crosses Shenandoah Mountain over Signal Corps Knob, only a mile south of Confederate Breastworks.  This is a popular recreation area features one of the most beautiful segments of the Great Eastern Trail, the historically significant Georgia Camp Trail, and habitat for the Cow Knob Salamander, found no where else on earth;
• It passes through the southeastern portion of our proposed Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area and cuts through the Chestnut Knob Grouse Management area on Hankey Mountain;
• It crosses native trout streams including Ramseys Draft, Shaw's Fork and the Calfpasture River;
• It gouges through our national forest near Braley Pond, one of the most beautiful and popular recreation areas in the GWNF;
• It passes very close to the Staunton Dam Tunnel and Staunton municipal water pipe, putting Staunton's drinking water at risk.