US appeals court rejects challenge to Mountain Valley pipeline

Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019. Picture taken September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Aug 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to federal approvals for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, in a decision that likely ends legal fights over the construction of the $6.6 billion natural gas project led by Equitrans Midstream (ETRN.N) .

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said, “There is no longer a live controversy” […]

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