Williams to Lay Pipeline in “Pristine” Lancaster County, PA

The rather boring information/news is this: Williams plans to install a 9.6 mile pipeline in Lancaster County, PA, part of an expansion project for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (or Transco). The new pipeline will run under 7 creeks, two unkept areas overrun with weeds and trees, will involve cutting down a few trees and digging up some dirt--dirt that will be put back so you won't even know it was ever disturbed. However, in the hands of a talented propagandist, creeks become "high-quality streams," unkept, rundown areas become "Natural Heritage Areas," cutting down a few trees is turned into "clearing" trees--from (gasp) 26 acres! And digging up some dirt is converted into digging up 9 acres of (yes) "farmland." What utter bilge...

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