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Initial estimates pegged the project at $3.5 billion.
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Steve Helber/APThe 303-mile pipeline received final federal approval on Tuesday evening. -
Courtesy/West Virginia Public BroadcastingDEQ has issued fines to MVP for its failure to control the issue.
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Courtesy/West Virginia Public BroadcastingIn a letter to regulators, Equitrans Midstream said it expects the pipeline to be ready to operate in early June.
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Curtis Tate/West Virginia Public BroadcastingA section of pipe burst during hydrostatic testing on May 1 in Roanoke County.
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Carlos Bernate for NPRThe May 1 burst released an unknown quantity of municipal water in Roanoke County.
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Carlos Bernate for NPRThe public initially became aware of the pipe's failure because a landowner reported it to a state database.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsDevelopers say unexpected construction delays, weather have slowed final stages
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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.
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Alex Brandon/APThe natural gas pipeline is being built through Virginia and West Virginia.
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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.
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The $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.
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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.
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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.'
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The proposal — which Democrats are calling the Inflation Reduction Act — includes about $370 billion in climate spending.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
