The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will defend allowing the Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue some construction, despite allegations the agency failed to consider the project’s necessity, in oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit on Thursday.
Environmental groups took FERC to court after it granted the pipeline’s request in 2020 to resume work on parts of the project where it has valid permits. FERC said it didn’t need to complete additional environmental review, because it wasn’t making substantial changes to the project proposal.
The commission said pipeline construction and restoration was in the best interest of the environment ...
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