Poll: Virginians Favor Atlantic Coast Pipeline by 2-to-1

So often very small, loud-mouthed antis appear to be winning the battle that we sometimes forget about the silent majority. Case in point: In reading the typical mainstream media story about Dominion's $5 billion, 594-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline--a natural gas pipeline that will stretch from West Virginia through Virginia and into North Carolina--you would assume the project is reviled and opposed by "everyone" and doomed to failure. But reality if far different from the false picture painted by the media. A poll conducted recently by the Tarrance Group for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce of Virginia residents shows that by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, Virginians support the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. That would be a "landslide victory" if it were an election...

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