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The United States must boost production and exports of oil and natural gas in order to reduce Russia’s leverage in the global energy markets while continuing to pursue decarbonization, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, oversaw a committee hearing on “the use of energy…

Floods on the northern Pacific Coast and a delayed pipeline project in the eastern United States limited the financial performance of utility, gas processing and byproduct marketing conglomerate AltaGas Ltd. last year. AltaGas, which reports in Canadian dollars (C$1.00/US 79 cents) wrote $271 million off the value of a 10% share that U.S. subsidiary WGL…

The sponsors of Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) are evaluating what comes next for the beleaguered natural gas project after a federal appeals court on Wednesday vacated its Endangered Species Act (ESA) authorizations and further setback construction.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invalidated MVP’s Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement, sending them…

Dealing a blow to Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) expectations for a timely conclusion to the drawn-out regulatory saga, a federal court has once again struck down crucial permitting for the natural gas conduit’s crossing of the Jefferson National Forest. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last Tuesday (Jan. 25) vacated and…

The 2 Bcf/d Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project has received a key water quality certification (WQC) from West Virginia, but environmental groups have filed yet another lawsuit against the approval.  The pipeline would move Appalachian natural gas to the southeast via a 303-mile route through West Virginia and Virginia.  The Sierra Club and other environmental…

The 2 Bcf/d Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project received a key water quality certification (WQC) from West Virginia late last week, but environmental groups have filed yet another lawsuit against the approval.  The pipeline would move Appalachian natural gas to the southeast via a 303-mile route through West Virginia and Virginia.  The Sierra Club and…

A Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) panel late last week voted to deny an air permit for a compressor station needed to extend the Equitrans Midstream Partners LP-led Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) into North Carolina. Going against DEQ’s recommendation, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to deny a draft minor new source…

The Biden administration is moving to give states and tribal authorities more leeway in approving or denying permits for projects that include oil and natural gas pipelines that cross waterways. Under Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), states and authorized tribes have allowed to grant, deny or waive certification for proposed federal…

FERC has issued an environmental assessment (EA) for the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), signing off on the project’s plans to use a different water crossing method at some locations along its route. MVP filed in February to amend its certificate approval as part of a broader plan to work around a prolonged legal process…