Senator Joe Manchin had reason to celebrate Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The $6.6 billion pipeline has faced myriad legal challenges, with environmental concerns chief among them. Once complete, the pipeline will transport natural gas more than 300 miles through West Virginia and Virginia to meet ongoing energy demands. Recent litigation prompted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to issue two stays against the project, but the Supreme Court vacated the stays in its Thursday ruling.
"The Supreme Court has spoken and this decision to let construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline move forward again is the correct one," Manchin's office said in a statement on Thursday."I am relieved that the highest court in the land has upheld the lawSenator Joe Manchin listens during a business meeting with the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs on Capitol Hill on October 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. On July 27, 2023, the U.S.
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