A controversial and long-delayed natural gas pipeline got the green light for construction on national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia after the U.S. Forest Service reissued approval for a permit, despite past federal appeals court rulings...
Monday night’s decision will allow the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline to be built - for now - across a 3.5-mile corridor through the Jefferson National Forest.
Environmental advocates like Wild Virginia Conservation Director David Sligh said on Tuesday that the Biden administration is favoring fossil fuels even as it “claims to advance environmental justice.”In previous litigation, the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals has twice vacated U.S. Forest Service decisions allowing for the pipeline in the Jefferson National Forest.
Manchin said Tuesday the natural gas line is “a crucial piece of energy infrastructure,” that’s good for global supply and American energy security. The fact that the U.S. Forest Service has approved construction three times shows “the review has been exceptionally thorough,” he said in a statement. U.S. Forest Service officials said in the agency’s decision Monday that the amended plan will permit the project to move forward while “minimizing environmental impacts to soils, water, scenery and other resources.”
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