It's Time to Cancel the Mountain Valley Pipeline\u2014Just Ask the People of Maui

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'Exempting any single project of any kind from long-held environmental rules is a slippery slope...The courts and Congress must put a halt to such practices. They must act quickly because our survival depends upon it. Just ask the people on Maui.' StopMVP

” Moore Capito, convinced the debt ceiling negotiators to include Section 324 in the Fiscal Responsibility Act . Section 324 would strip citizens’ rights to object to permits and deem the pipeline to be “in the national interest.” It was opposed by many senators and House progressives but the corruption in government proved too much for them to overcome.

Unfortunately on Friday, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded they had only one recourse and dismissed the MVP opponents’ challenges to the already pending permit challenges. But they did not do it quietly. On Friday, I shared this press statement referencing Judge Roger L. Gregory’s concern about Section 324 of the FRA:

 

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