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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two bills Monday that he says would be harmful to the environment.

Cooper submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday calling the Southgate pipeline unnecessary.

The MVP Southgate project is an extension of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas from West Virginia close to the North Carolina state line.

A divided panel of federal regulators granted approvals Friday evening for the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley natural gas pipelines, major East Coast…