Conservatives were handed another win by the Supreme Court on Thursday when they reversed a ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing the Mountain Valley Pipeline to move forward with construction.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline project received a significant boost as the Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, allowing construction to proceed.
The Supreme Court's recent order vacated the stay, effectively giving the green light to the project.
Critics of the 4th Circuit's ruling cited the Fiscal Responsibility Act and a bipartisan debt limit bill signed by President Biden, which granted permits for the pipeline.
Following the lower court's ruling, the pipeline's developer promptly appealed to the Supreme Court, urging them to vacate the stay.
Numerous organizations and entities, such as the Laborers' International Union of North America, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce, and counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, also filed briefs in support of the pipeline.
Equitrans Midstream, the pipeline's developer, anticipates that MVP will transport around 2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from West Virginia to consumers in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions.
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