The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a pair of lower court orders that temporarily halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-mile fracked gas project that has long been a top priority of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry.
The only court with jurisdiction to hear challenges to the latter provision, the law states, is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Manchin welcomed the Supreme Court's order, writing, 'I am relieved that the highest court in the land has upheld the law Congress passed and the president signed.
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