Manchin’s Pipeline Could Be the Last of Its Kind, if It Survives

West Virginia native Mark Jarrell bought 98 acres of green fields and undulating hills overlooking the Greenbrier River about 20 years ago, envisioning a retirement compound of sorts where family and friends could live, camp, and visit.

“That’s my version of the American dream,” Jarrell said in May, standing in the doorway of his custom-built home in Pence Springs, West Va. “And a pipeline company can come and kick it out from under you.”

Winding beneath the roughly five acres of his land that offer the most stunning views is part of a 42-inch, 303-mile natural gas pipeline, proposed to ...