Posted on 05/04/2022 5:30:50 AM PDT by rktman
The Biden administration has remained silent on a key interstate natural gas pipeline facing significant permitting roadblocks. “Since the project’s inception, groups opposing energy infrastructure development have challenged the MVP project at every turn, filing dozens of petitions contesting MVP’s previously issued state and federal authorizations,” said Equitrans spokesperson Natalie Cox. “Ultimately, the decision on [the Mountain Valley Pipeline] is one that President Biden can influence,” climate group Food & Water Watch stated in October. The Biden administration has yet to take a public position on a major natural gas pipeline as the project faces an uphill federal permitting battle.
Equitrans Midstream, the energy company that proposed the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in 2014, delayed the project’s expected completion to late 2023 and said it would pursue new federal permits for a second time, in an earnings report published Tuesday. The project — a 303-mile pipeline that would transport natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia — faced another setback earlier this year after a federal appeals court struck down its Trump-era permits, ruling in favor of environmental groups.
Federal agencies involved in the MVP permitting process didn’t respond to requests for comment or declined to comment altogether, and the White House has yet to intervene in the matter despite soaring energy prices and pleas from a Democratic senator.
“After engaging with the federal agencies and evaluating all options, we believe the best path forward for MVP’s completion is to pursue new permits,” Thomas Karam, the chairman and CEO of Equitrans, said in a statement Tuesday. “To reflect the time required for permit re-issuance and to ensure safe, responsible project construction, we have revised our MVP in-service target to the second half of 2023.”
The total project cost of the pipeline has increased to $6.6 billion...
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Russia says this. Russia says that. Russia says “Neo-Nazi”. Sorry, but I don’t believe. Azov battalion is bad. Very bad. Bloodthirsty Neo-Cossacks who don’t know how to ride a horse and don’t have picturesque costumes. But Neo-Nazi, nah. Russia is worse. But none of them are Neo-Nazis.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Truckers are paying over a thousand dollars to fill up...
As far as the pipeline goes, democrats will find the solution that damages the country the most - and choose that one...
He used that smear after a few thousand overuses too many in the US. Boy who cried “wolf”? Leftards who cried “Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, racist, right-wing extremist, lactose intolerant, etc.” It’s all insect noise.
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