As Virginians, we appreciate the initiative taken by Governor McAuliffe, but we know our work does not stop here. We request that the Department of Environmental Quality use its authority to: 

1. Create a rule — based on the strongest available science — that significantly reduces carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants. 
2. Ensure that Virginians — not utilities — benefit from any profits from carbon regulations. 
3. Address the disproportionate environmental effects experienced by our most vulnerable communities. 
4. Reduce carbon pollution by incentivizing investments in zero-carbon solar, wind and energy efficiency. 

As much as you might want to appease industry, there is no sane way that you can claim that any pipeline can safely cross any water way. That would be delusional. 
“The Appalachian Mountain Region holds the headwaters for all of our major river systems that provide all of our water. So when you’re talking about crossing 3,000, that’s significant and that has significant ramifications for all of us that rely on water,” Lara Mack, Appalachian Voices. This is the voice of reason. Please submit to it. Do your job and deny permits for the ACP & MVP. Thank you.