One of the highest-ranking government attorneys under the Obama administration is now the lead counsel for the Mountain Valley Pipeline on a petition to the Supreme Court.
The group was among 10 environmental organizations trying to stop the pipeline in one of the cases that the Supreme Court decided in favor of the fossil fuel industry. David Sligh, conservation director of Wild Virginia, another environmental group involved in the case, emailedhours after the decision. Sligh decried the project as reckless, citing a recent disaster involving another pipeline in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
“There have been five earthquakes in the area of Virginia near the MVP recently,” he added. Sligh called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to try to stop the pipeline, citing authority held by an office within the Department of Transportation, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
The solicitor general represents the U.S. government in litigation before the Supreme Court and appellate matters. Before joining the private sector, Verrilli appeared before the high court more than 50 times, according to another one of his clients, Grayscale, a cryptocurrency firm fighting enforcement action brought by stock market regulators.
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