This blog post was written by Crystal Mello and Dan Ideozu

Appalachia has long been targeted by the fossil fuel industry and enough is enough. Right now Virginia is being attacked from all sides. For a long time we have been watching the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) damage our environment and that has not stopped since the pipeline has gone into service. Now there are even more proposed pipeline projects that will be harmful to our environments and our communities. Data centers are being used to justify more pipeline buildout. These projects are effecting climate change and we are seeing the horrific aftermath devastate our communities as we saw with Hurricane Helene.

Following the recent announcement of the proposed Swann Compressor Station, members of the 2022 Virginia Tech Lafayette Household Study research team are reflecting on their experiences and revisiting the findings.

Mountain Valley seeks to expand the pipeline with the addition of a new compressor station in Montgomery County, Virginia and additional compression at each of the three existing compressor stations in West Virginia.

On June 3, 2025, reporter Mike Tony of the Charleston Gazette-Mail broke the story of a federal wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a welding inspector formerly employed by Mountain Valley Pipeline.