Appalachian Voices: Conservation Groups Applaud Court's Suspension of Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction
November 10, 2020
November 10, 2020
BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 10 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release:
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today sided with conservation groups and issued an immediate stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline's stream and wetland crossing permits in southern West Virginia and Virginia. The groups, noting the company's stated rush to resume construction and the serious environmental harms likely to result, had asked the court for the stay while it considered the merit . . .
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today sided with conservation groups and issued an immediate stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline's stream and wetland crossing permits in southern West Virginia and Virginia. The groups, noting the company's stated rush to resume construction and the serious environmental harms likely to result, had asked the court for the stay while it considered the merit . . .