Environmental groups challenged North Carolina’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC extension in federal appeals court Tuesday.
Appalachian Voices,Sierra Club, and 7 Directions of Service petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review the state’s Clean Water Act certification for MVP Southgate construction through several streams and riparian wetlands.
The groups petitioned the Fourth Circuit on the same day the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would reverse a Biden administration rule that allowed states and tribes to veto oil and gas projects under the CWA’s Section 401 state certification rule.
The North Carolina ...
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