Virginia Lieutenant Governor Candidate Susan Platt Opposes Pipeline Projects

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor Susan Platt of Great Falls on Tuesday announced her opposition to two proposed pipeline projects in Virginia.

“Now is not the time to plow millions of Virginia taxpayer dollars into a risky gas pipeline that takes advantage of Virginia families and landowners, disrupting people’s properties and farms," Platt said in a statement released Tuesday morning. "In addition, it's a fuel we need to start moving beyond because of climate change and the plummeting cost of renewable energy."

“I am very concerned about climate change in Virginia," Platt said. "We are the second-most vulnerable state to climate change effects. Sea level rise is especially hurting places in coastal Hampton Roads, where folks can’t even sell their homes because of normal tidal action.

“Because of my years of service on the Virginia Tourism Corporation Board, I know how important Virginia's natural resources are to our economy," she said. "We now have an EPA administrator Scott Pruitt who just four months ago was skeptical of climate science. As Lieutenant Governor, I will work to promote affordable, safe, clean energy alternatives like wind and solar and always work to create good-paying jobs for Virginians."

Platt faces Justin Fairfax and Gene Rossi in the Democratic primary race for lieutenant governor in Virginia. Find out more about Platt's candidacy on her Web site here.

Blue Virginia is conducting an unscientific poll this week on the lieutenant governor's race, which you can see here.