Supreme Court Allows Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline to Resume

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline project to resume, granting a request to lift lower court orders that halted the project and delayed its completion.

The court’s brief order vacates stays issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in cases brought by environmental organizations opposed to the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline that will transport natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia. There were no noted dissents.

Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, one of the groups challenging the project, said in a statement the group will “exhaust every effort to stop it.”

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