Washington, DC — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate Extension their request to extend their Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for three more years and a transportation rate increase on the mainline MVP. Despite overwhelming public opposition, FERC continues to grant MVP all requests on the mainline and Southgate extension projects. The project is missing all necessary state-level permits to begin construction, and since 2018 they have been denied multiple times on environmental and environmental justice grounds. Meanwhile, federal regulatory agencies remain silent on issues of pipe safety.

Russell Chisholm, managing director of the Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition (POWHR) responded:

“The federal government claims to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis while allowing the fossil fuel industry to further it. During the past decade of repeated delay, budget increase, and environmental violation, thousands have resisted the reckless Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension, and we are never going away. Our resistance is the fossil fuel industry’s greatest nightmare; we are only growing more powerful.”

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