Courtesy
/
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Residents are concerned after the pipeline's second testing-related rupture in about a month.
Shaban Athuman
/
VPM News
-
Courtesy/West Virginia Public BroadcastingDEQ has issued fines to MVP for its failure to control the issue. -
Courtesy/West Virginia Public BroadcastingIn a letter to regulators, Equitrans Midstream said it expects the pipeline to be ready to operate in early June.
-
Curtis Tate/West Virginia Public BroadcastingA section of pipe burst during hydrostatic testing on May 1 in Roanoke County.
-
Carlos Bernate for NPRThe May 1 burst released an unknown quantity of municipal water in Roanoke County.
-
Carlos Bernate for NPRThe public initially became aware of the pipe's failure because a landowner reported it to a state database.
-
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsDevelopers say unexpected construction delays, weather have slowed final stages
-
Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesThe case involved an emergency challenge to the final stages of development of the 303-mile pipeline, which is to span from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia.
-
Alex Brandon/APThe natural gas pipeline is being built through Virginia and West Virginia.
-
Steve Helber/APThe Mountain Valley Pipeline got an extraordinary boost in the debt ceiling deal. Court challenges have stalled the controversial natural gas pipeline stretching from West Virginia to North Carolina.
-
Bob Glennan/Flickr via Creative CommonsThe $6.6 billion project can be built — for now — across a 3.5-mile (5.6-kilometer) corridor through the Jefferson National Forest.
-
Third Act Virginia, part of a national climate justice organization is fighting to halt further construction of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline. -
To get Joe Manchin's vote on a budget bill, Democratic leaders promised to consider legislation that would help a natural gas pipeline get built in his state. But the pipeline still faces opposition.
-
Dozens gathered this past weekend in a picnic shelter at Elliston’s Eastern Montgomery Park to protest the pipeline project in what was called a 'Circle of Protection.'
-
The proposal — which Democrats are calling the Inflation Reduction Act — includes about $370 billion in climate spending.
-
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC received a key permit for completing their project in Virginia. The state Water Pollution Control Board, a citizen body under the Department of Environmental Quality, voted in favor of a state water crossing permit required under the federal Clean Water Act and state law.
-
In a 6-1 vote, the state Air Pollution Control Board has denied a permit application for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC to build the Lambert compressor station in Pittsylvania County, citing a section of Virginia’s environmental justice act.
-
The state Water Control Board heard in-person public comments on a key Mountain Valley Pipeline water-crossings permit at two meetings this week, but activists say the board isn't doing enough to engage with local residents as COVID-19 cases in the region put a major strain on local hospitals.
-
A historically Black town stood in the way of a pipeline – so developers claimed it was mostly whiteIn Union Hill, Va Dominion Energy drew into question the town’s racial make-up in a push to build a pipeline through the former “freedman” community.
-
A group of Virginia legislators has sent an open letter to Gov. Ralph Northam and state health officials requesting a further halt on construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
The United States Supreme Court this week has refused to hear an appeal from Southwest Virginia landowners whose land was seized to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline. It is another effort on the part of landowners to oppose the pipeline and its impact.
