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New River Dams Debate Divides Three States and People
A decade long dispute over two new hydroelectric dams on the New River pits North Carolina against Virginia and West Virginia. NC seeks to block the project and push scenic river designation while Virginia and West Virginia press for the $430 million plan to proceed. Local residents fear flooded land and altered livelihoods as courts and agencies delay a final decision, with potential path to the Supreme Court.
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Jefferson, N.C
North America
Thomas Jefferson
Glenn Halsey
Grayson County
Board of Supervisors
Alleghany County
N.C
North Carolina Mountains
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Interior Department
New River
Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Ashe
Alleghany
U.S. Court of Appeals
Roanoke
Midwest
FPC
Kanawah River
West
Senate
House
Rules Committee
American Electric Power Co
Appalachian
Gov
Holshouser
Interior
Stanley Hathaway
Bob Eastman
Department
Resource Ageg
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
Hathaway
Court of Appeals
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Holfhouser
Ryer