Yesterday, Mountain Valley Pipeline sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking the agency’s director of the Office of Energy Projects for official permission to place MVP in service.
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Statement by Appalachian Voices on MVP’s request to place pipeline in service in May
TAGS: equitrans Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Groups petition D.C. Circuit to review decision to extend MVP Southgate Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
Late yesterday, a number of conservation groups filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision to extend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Project.
The latest on Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate
Even as Mountain Valley Pipeline’s rushed construction results in landslides and muddy waters in Virginia and concerned residents call for state and federal authorities to stop the damage, communities to the south are facing new and changing threats from the pipeline’s proposed Southgate extension.
TAGS: Dominion Energy equitrans Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline mountain valley pipeline southgate natural gas pipelines
Federal regulators put communities, climate at risk by rubberstamping TVA’s proposed Cumberland Pipeline
FERC’s decision to give the green light to this dangerous methane gas pipeline project ignores the significant and long-lasting damage it will do to the climate, utility customers, and Tennessee communities.
TAGS: Cumberland Fossil Plant Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Gas Pipeline Sierra Club Southern Environmental Law Center Tennessee Gas Pipeline Tennessee Valley Authority
Statement by Appalachian Voices on MVP revamp of Southgate plans
With a wholly new project that requires an ‘open season’ to find customers, FERC should cancel the original Southgate Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and send the developers back to the drawing board.
TAGS: equitrans Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline southgate Virginia Air Pollution Control Board
Communities continue to seek safety measures for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Along the route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, citizen monitors have watched a frenzy of workers hurriedly lower sun-bleached and degraded pipe into trenches, burying as much material as possible. Although safety concerns led the agency tasked with pipe safety, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, to issue a consent agreement, the agreement has not brought peace of mind.
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline mountain valley pipeline southgate Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration pipeline safety sediment pollution
Statement by Appalachian Voices on FERC allowing construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume
We know that the MVP cannot be built in compliance with our nation’s bedrock environmental laws — which is why the company and its supporters went to the extraordinary length of having Congress attempt to sidestep them.
TAGS: debt ceiling Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fiscal Responsibility Act mountain valley pipeline U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Statement by Appalachian Voices on MVP Southgate’s certificate extension request
This Southgate pipeline is not in the public interest and the developers have not demonstrated its viability.
TAGS: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline MVP Southgate
Hydrogen gas — what’s all the hype about?
Hydrogen gas as an energy source in Central Appalachia is a real possibility, so we’re unpacking this technology and exploring its potential impact on the health of communities and ecosystems in our region.
TAGS: Electric Utilities Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hydrogen hydrogen hub Occupational Safety and Health Administration pipelines Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Statement from Appalachian Voices on U.S. Department of Energy inserting itself into the Mountain Valley Pipeline process
With no current action on the pipeline pending before FERC, the letter is an unnecessary and unusual step by the Biden administration, and one that contradicts the commitment to environmental justice highlighted in the administration’s new executive order signed on Friday.
TAGS: Environmental Justice Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline U.S. Department of Energy
