Mountain Valley Pipeline Challenges Fall at US Appeals Court (2)

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a suite of lawsuits challenging the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling cited a Fiscal Responsibility Act provision inserted by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) as compelling the court’s decision.

The June legislation stripped the court of jurisdiction to consider the environmental groups’ petitions or their arguments about the law’s constitutionality.

“Accordingly, because Congress has ratified the challenged agency actions, there is no longer a live controversy and the underlying petitions are moot. We therefore lack jurisdiction over them,” Judge ...