MVP will need to get federal permits restored before it can bore under streams.
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FERC conditions amendment approval on MVP restoring federal permits
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is far from inevitable
MVP backers and supporters like to say the pipeline is 90% complete. That just isn’t true — and many hurdles stand in the way of this dangerous pipeline. Find out more in this blog post from us and our partners Sierra Club and the POWHR Coalition.
TAGS: Bureau of Land Management Clean Water Act Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service
Legal victories against Mountain Valley Pipeline make completion unlikely
Prospects for the future of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are grim for the company and its investors after recent decisions by judges at the federal leval and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals mountain valley pipeline U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service
FERC setting up an “Office of Public Participation.” After 40 years.
Congress told FERC 40 years ago to start an “Office of Public Participation.” The agency is finally doing it — after decades of approving dirty-gas pipelines all across the country.
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC frack mountain valley pipeline mvp Natural Gas Pipeline southgate
Appalachian Voices denounces FERC’s greenlight for Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume
CONTACT: Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Jessica Sims, jessica@appvoices.org, 804-356-1228 In a snub to thousands of Appalachian landowners and others seeking to stop the unneeded, dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late today voted 2-1 to extend its…
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Time’s up for the Mountain Valley Pipeline
More than 43,000 people agree — regulators need to reject MVP’s request for a deadline extension.
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC frack mountain valley pipeline mvp natural gas pipelines pipelines
43,000 demand FERC reject extended permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
CONTACT: Doug Jackson, 202-495-3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Washington, D.C. – Water and climate advocacy organizations submitted comments and signatures from more than 43,000 people demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deny the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline…
TAGS: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC frack Mountain valley mvp Natural Gas Pipeline pipelines POWHR
A shady, dangerous attack on clean energy
In a major threat to clean energy advances across the U.S., a special interest group wants federal regulators to change the rules for solar owners — in a bad way.
Federal report on MVP-Southgate pipeline snubs human, environmental impacts
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate extension pipeline. Although considerations were incorporated from public comments, the overall conclusion of the FEIS remains the same from its…
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FERC orders halt to Mountain Valley Pipeline construction
CONTACTS: Doug Jackson, Sierra Club, 202-495-3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Cat McCue, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Jared Margolis, Center for Biological Diversity, 802-310-4054, jmargolis@biologicaldiversity.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC to halt construction…
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