For 932 days, tree-sitters at the Yellow Finch site blocked the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The two remaining tree-sitters were extracted by Virginia State Police on March 23 and March 24.
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Last Tree-sitters Removed from Path of Mountain Valley Pipeline
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Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Latest Challenges: Water-crossing Permits and Compressor Station Hearing
The long-contested MVP faces new delays due to water-crossing permits. Bills that would give Virginia more authority to protect water quality from pipelines are advancing in the state legislature. As the commonwealth considers a compressor station for MVP Southgate, developers of the canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline begin the restoration process.
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The Appalachian Pipeline Resistance Movement: “We’re Not Going Away”
Residents along the paths of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines have made it clear that fracked-gas projects are not welcome.
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Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction Partially Resumes
A federal court halted work at nearly 1,000 stream crossings in Virginia and West Virginia one week after federal regulators allowed construction to resume on most of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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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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Saving Appalachian Species
The Endangered Species Act plays a crucial role in protecting our region’s wealth of biodiversity — but this bedrock environmental law is under attack.
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The End of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Duke Energy and Dominion Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to ever-increasing costs and legal battles — and similar hurdles remain for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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VICTORY! The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is cancelled!
In a historic win for environmental justice, the 600-mile, massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline project has been cancelled.
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Lawsuits Against Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines Ramp Up
Pipeline developers continue to be met with opposition from landowners, environmental groups, legislators and more.
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North Carolinians Speak Out Against Fracked Gas Projects
In November, North Carolina landowners and concerned residents spoke out against the proposed MVP Southgate Pipeline and a proposed liquefied natural gas facility.
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