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McAuliffe Doubles Down on Pipeline Support, Hints at Economic Prospects

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New pipelines bring not just construction jobs, but the prospect of new economic opportunities as businesses relocate or expand to access affordable, reliable supplies of natural gas investing in communities for generations.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is doubling down on his support of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline with hints that a number of major economic development projects — one of them “gigantic” — may choose to build in Virginia because of the prospect of a new supply of low-cost natural gas that the 600-mile pipeline would deliver from West Virginia.

Read more – Richmond Times-Dispatch