Bipartisan Deal to Stop Stalling of Critical Natural Gas Pipeline “Infuriates” Climate Activists

May 30, 2023

This weekend, President Biden and House Republicans agreed to approve through the permitting process the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) as part of the debt ceiling deal, and climate activists are furious. This critical project will ship West Virginia natural gas to the East Coast, reducing sky-high energy costs for consumers and Europe’s dependence on Russia. As a result of the current lack of pipeline infrastructure, the Southeast has some of the highest gas prices in the country. 

The Washington Post reports, 

“MVP connects Marcellus shale sweet spots for EQT and other drillers in West Virginia to a hub for East Coast supplies in Virginia.”

The deal “infuriates” radical green groups who were engaged in a campaign to kill the project by bogging it down with frivolous lawsuits. MVP had already been through the permitting process three times over eight years and is already 96% complete but continued to be stalled. 

“The pipeline language is just one of a few energy and climate provisions in the deal, drawing ire from pipeline opponents and climate activists…Climate activists have tried to block the Mountain Valley Pipeline, also called MVP, as a way of limiting the supply of cheap natural gas.”

It’s difficult to get Congress to agree on anything these days. However, the abuse of the legal system by radical green groups to kill vital energy projects has gotten so bad that even Congress feels compelled to act.