West Virginia approves permit for 300-mile controversial natural gas pipeline
West Virginia on Friday granted a key permit for the construction of a controversial pipeline stretching for more than 300 miles into Virginia.
The state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) granted a water protection permit for the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), certifying the natural gas pipeline has met state standards for water quality.
The news follows Virginia's certification of a water quality permit for the project earlier this month, but that move is being challenged at the U.S. 4th Circuit Court.
The project has met stiff resistance in West Virginia from environmental opponents.
Peter Anderson, the Virginia policy director for Appalachian Voices, an organization opposed to the pipeline, said the state has a "wretched environmental record" and that he did not trust the awarded permit met sufficient environmental standards.
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