Better late than never. Last week U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (liberal Democrat from West Virginia) filed an amicus curiae “friend of the court” brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to show his support for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in its fight against the actions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (see…
Read More...Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), in a move largely anticipated and expected, filed an “emergency application” on Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting the court block the recent “stay” on two key permits needed to complete the 94% completed MVP project recently imposed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (see All…
Read More...In 2021 as he was running for the office of Governor in Virginia, Glenn Youngkin pledged if he won, he would remove the state from the onerous carbon tax on coal- and gas-fired power plants called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Following his recent review of a new regulation to remove the state from…
Read More...Yesterday MDN told you that on Monday, the clown judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (i.e., the 4th Circus) illegally stayed a THIRD permit issued by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to traverse a piddly 3.5 miles of the federally-owned Jefferson National Forest (see Colluding…
Read More...Finally! On Monday, Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) builder Equitrans asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to restart all remaining construction to install the final 6% of MVP in West Virginia and Virginia. Yesterday, FERC issued that permission. Ladies and gentlemen, start your bulldozers! Company spokeswoman Natalie Cox said crews will begin work “shortly”…
Read More...It really is sad (and angering) to behold the tactics of the left. Their favorite #1 tactic is fear. If the left can convince you the end is near à la “climate change” and “ticking time bomb pipelines” and “bomb trains” and “radiation” and “water contamination” and other incendiary (false) claims about fossil energy, they…
Read More...On Saturday, June 3, President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023, also known as the “debt ceiling” bill, into law. Part of the new law is a provision that forces government agencies (on every level) to finish granting any outstanding permits to the long-stalled, 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. The new…
Read More...In 2021 as he was running for the office of Governor in Virginia, Glenn Youngkin pledged if he won, he would remove the state from the onerous carbon tax on coal- and gas-fired power plants called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). True to his word, after winning, Younkin pledged to ax RGGI with an
Read More...It literally took an Act of Congress, but the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline will be, according to the builder and… Continue reading The post Equitrans Announces Mountain Valley Pipe to Get Completed in 2023 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Big news over the weekend. President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a compromise deal to raise the… Continue reading The post Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Finishing MVP PDQ first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Today’s lead story shares the good news that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is finally getting a literal “act of Congress”… Continue reading The post DC Circuit Deals MVP Another Gut Punch in Friday Decision first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Last Thursday, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, John Joyce (a physician from Altoona, PA), introduced House of Representatives Bill (HR) 3500,… Continue reading The post New Bill Introduced by PA Congressman Would Finish MVP This Year first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Last week MDN told you the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) had given final approval to Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to… Continue reading The post BLM Approves MVP ROW Through Jefferson Natl Forest – Part III first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Last year the Virginia legislature passed House Bill (HB) 558 (Senate Bill 565), which expands the definition of energy efficiency… Continue reading The post Virginia Utility Cos. Tell State Officials Methane Regs Not Needed first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Even though Dominion Energy sold its interstate pipeline network in 2020 (see Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipe, Sells Pipe Biz… Continue reading The post Dominion Contemplates Building More Gas-Fired Power Plants in Va. first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
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