The VCCER and Virginia Tech Field Laboratory site in Wise County, Virginia (click for larger version)
Is Virginia energy-schizophrenic? For years it has appeared The Old Dominion has had a grudge against fossil fuels. Lawmakers and residents consistently attempt to block federal pipeline projects, like Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley, from crossing in and through the state (see
Virginia Passes New Law Aimed at Stopping Atlantic Coast Pipeline and
Virginia Landowners Sue to Emasculate FERC in Bid to Block MVP). The state recently passed a law outlawing (in the future) the stuff every citizen exhales with every breath--carbon dioxide (see
Virginia Adopts Regulation to Limit Carbon Pollution, Fight Climate Change).
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