Mountain Valley Pipeline

When backers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline first began planning, they figured it would be finished by 2018 and would cost $3.5 billion. Now the 300-mile pipeline is expected to cost more than $6 billion, and it’s still missing many of the permits needed to finish work.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found unanimously that the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management failed to properly predict and prevent erosion and sedimentation problems.

Staff from the Department of Environmental Quality told the board previous violations were not grounds to deny a new permit and recommended approval.

State regulators have dealt a blow to a compressor station that’s vital for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to stretch into North Carolina.

In the next few weeks, the State Water Control Board will vote on whether to grant certification to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry fracked natural gas 300 miles from northern West Virginia to Southside Virginia. Environmentalists are raising concerns about water quality, but social justice advocates are also speaking out.

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is preparing to host two public meetings about the Mountain Valley Pipeline and its impact on water quality, but some opponents say they’re afraid to show up.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recommending water crossings along the Mountain Valley Pipeline route not receive permitting to continue.The…

Time was about to run out for Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality to gauge the impact of the Mountain Valley Pipeline on sensitive wetlands in…

People who oppose the Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline project are continuing the fight to stop it. This week, three women set out on a relay run…

For more than two years anti-pipeline protesters have been living up in the tree canopy, in an effort to block the way forward for the Mountain Valley…