Hallelujah. What’s next?: The defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is only the beginning


The dissolution of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project defines a sharp contrast between communities. Central Virginia activists worked hard to fight the ACP, whereas people in southwestern Pennsylvania (right) have mostly welcomed the fracking industry, seeing it as a finanical lifeline.

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