Last Gasp For Mountain Valley Pipeline Natural Gas Project
The Mountain Valley Pipeline saga is not over, but the writing is on the wall for the US natural gas industry in West Virginia and elsewhere.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline saga is not over, but the writing is on the wall for the US natural gas industry in West Virginia and elsewhere.
Developers of the already behind schedule and over-budget Mountain Valley Pipeline are hoping to head off mounting opposition to the controversial 300-mile project by promising to “offset” the greenhouse gas pollution caused by the gas pipeline’s future operations. The offsets will not cover any methane releases from the extraction of the gas … [continued]
Community activists in Virginia are continuing their fight against a non-viral public health threat, E&E reports. The already-behind-schedule and over-budget Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport gas 303 miles from West Virginia to southern Virginia and potentially an additional 75 miles into North Carolina. A compressor station for that “Southgate Extension” would … [continued]
North Carolina regulators denied, for the second time, a request to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline into the state. Environmental groups hailed the decision, the latest in a series of setbacks for the already behind schedule and over budget gas pipeline. The rejection of MVP Southgate comes less than two months after … [continued]
WASHINGTON — More than 60 conservation and environmental groups are calling on top Biden officials to suspend permits and approvals by the previous Trump administration for the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, contending it poses a grave threat to clean water, local communities, the environment, and the climate. If the administration … [continued]
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