The Mountain Valley Pipeline ruptured in Virginia on May 2, 2024, just three weeks from a requested in-service date for the long-delayed project. Opponents, including those who live near the rupture in Bent Mountain, Virginia, say the rupture is evidence the project isn t ready for service.
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, the joint venture behind the long-delayed pipeline, has requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approve a May in-service date for the project. But the 42-inch-diameter, 36-inch pipeline project has sparked environmental and safety concerns exacerbated by a Government Accountability Office report noting significant holes in federal oversight of pipelines like the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Even after an act of Congress designed to force completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the project’s lead developer has pushed back its projected time frame for finishing construction of
Even after an act of Congress designed to force completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the project’s lead developer has pushed back its projected time frame for finishing construction of