HARRISONBURG – Before heading into James Madison University’s Festival Conference & Student Center on Monday evening, opponents and supporters of the proposed 600-mile, three-state Atlantic Coast Pipeline traded shouts across the lawn.

As they held colorful signs and banners and donned stickers and shirts representing their perspectives, proponents chanted “Build it now!” and “Energy! Energy! Energy!” and sang “I’ve Been Working on the Pipeline,” a parody of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” while opponents countered with “no pipeline” and “solar, solar!” shouts.

The demonstrations served as a preamble to a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality public hearing on proposed water-quality permit requirements for the pipeline attended by hundreds from across the commonwealth, including Nelson County.

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Nelson County Times – Emily Brown- 08/08/2017