Mountain Valley Pipeline foes file challenge to reissued stream-crossing permits By Laurence Hammack 981-3239 Sep 28, 2020 Sep 28, 2020 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mountain Valley Pipeline tree-sitters continue to wait it out in Montgomery County after over two years of protesting the controversial project. Photos by Heather Rousseau | The Roanoke Times kAmu@6D @7 E96 |@F?E2:? '2==6J !:A6=:?6 H6C6 324< :? 4@FCE |@?52J[ 367@C6 :5=65 4@?DECF4E:@? H@C<6CD 4@F=5 C6EFC? E@ E96 =@?8\56=2J65 2?5 566A=J 5:G:D:G6 AC@;64E]k^AmkAmx? 2 A6E:E:@? 7:=65 H:E9 E96 cE9 &]$] r:C4F:E r@FCE @7 pAA62=D[ E96 $:6CC2 r=F3 2?5 D6G6? @E96C 6?G:C@?>6?E2= 8C@FAD 492==6?865 A6C>:ED C6:DDF65 =2DE H66< E@ 2==@H |@F?E2:? '2==6J E@ 4C@DD ?62C=J `[___ DEC62>D 2?5 H6E=2?5D 2=@?8 :ED b_b\>:=6 A2E9]k^AmkAm%96 ;@:?E G6?EFC6 @7 7:G6 6?6C8J 4@>A2?:6D 92D 366? 32CC65 7C@> 24E:G6 4@?DECF4E:@? @7 E96 ?2EFC2= 82D A:A6=:?6 7@C ?62C=J 2 J62C] qFE 27E6C =682= =@8;2>D 3682? 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Opponents seek further delay of work on Mountain Valley Pipeline Worried that construction could resume shortly, opponents are asking a federal court to intervene.
Mountain Valley Pipeline regains permit to cross streams, wetlands The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday reissued three permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, nearly two years after they were invalidat…
