Communities face mounting harms from Mountain Valley Pipeline

Crystal Mello of the Protect Our Heritage, Water Rights coalition speaks to community members gathered for an information meeting on MVP Boost.

The ruinous Mountain Valley Pipeline has been in operation since June 2024, but serious problems persist.  Communities in West Virginia and Virginia continue to face unresolved restoration issues in areas where developers were given right of way for construction, in addition to safety concerns, sediment runoff and pipe slippage along the route.  Residents continue to…

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Overwhelming opposition to MVP Southgate submitted to federal agency

Rally and protest against Manchin Dirty Deal for MVP pipeline in Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Jen Lawhorne / Appalachian Voices.

On March 11, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission closed an intervention period in the federal docket for the proposed Southgate pipeline project. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, the developer of the Southgate pipeline, is seeking approval to dramatically alter its original 2018 design, changing the route and increasing the pipe diameter and capacity for the project. Although community members asked for more time for review, only a 21-day intervention period was offered.

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FERC extends MVP Southgate certificate for an additional three years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 19, 2023 CONTACTS Morgan Caplan, Sierra Club, morgan.caplan@sierraclub.org Ridge Graham, Appalachian Voices, ridge@appvoices.org Washington, D.C. – Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a three-year extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s certificate for their Southgate extension. Commissioners Willie Phillips, Allison Clements and Mark Christie voted in the affirmative…

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