Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, analyzes Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to reject a water quality permit for the proposed Mountain View Pipeline. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Donald van der Vaart discusses Cooper’s rejection of natural gas pipeline permit
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