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Other speakers included representatives of the American Solar Society, the Sierra Club, the Piedmont Environmental Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Only the lobbyists for the energy interests spoke in favor of the corridors
Don Loock of Rappahannock County said the “fast-tracking of this process [through the DOE and FERC] would dismantle decades of protecting our national treasures. This is an unceremonious handling of eminent domain by FERC. All of these lands are at risk.”
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