{"id":1955640,"date":"2023-06-23T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mountain-valley-pipeline-backed-by-manchin-clears-final-hurdle-for-construction\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:04:14","slug":"mountain-valley-pipeline-backed-by-manchin-clears-final-hurdle-for-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mountain-valley-pipeline-backed-by-manchin-clears-final-hurdle-for-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin-backed Mountain Valley Pipeline gets green light for construction."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmountain-valley-pipeline-backed-by-manchin-clears-final-hurdle-for-construction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Approves Final Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the green light for the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mountain-valley-pipeline-backed-by-manchin-clears-final-hurdle-for-construction\/\" title=\"Manchin-backed Mountain Valley Pipeline gets green light for construction.\">massive interstate natural gas pipeline<\/a>. This exciting development paves the way for the project to be finished as early as this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe construction of this pipeline has been caught up in America\u2019s broken permitting process for far too long, and I look forward to the day this important piece of energy infrastructure is up-and-running,\u201d tweeted Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who played a leading role in advocating for the pipeline.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Expediting Construction<\/h3>\n<p>Construction on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debt-ceiling-deal-includes-completion-of-embattled-mountain-valley-pipeline\/\" title=\"Debt limit agreement involves finishing controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline.\">303-mile natural gas pipeline<\/a>, stretching from West Virginia to southern Virginia, had faced significant delays due to court proceedings over the past five years. However, it was expedited as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-noncommittal-on-democrat-support-for-debt-ceiling-deal\/\" title=\"Jeffries doesn't confirm Democrat support for debt ceiling deal.\">debt ceiling deal negotiated<\/a> by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, signed by President Biden earlier this month, directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize the pipeline&#8217;s completion and prevented any potential litigation that could have hindered its progress.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate and Environmental Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been a topic of intense debate, particularly among environmental groups who argue that it will harm the environment and exacerbate climate change.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sen. Manchin and other members of the West Virginia congressional delegation have championed the pipeline&#8217;s completion, emphasizing its importance for national energy security. Equitrans, the lead developer of the project, has stated that with the final permit approval, the pipeline could be finished by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Given the legislation, and assuming the timely issuance of the few remaining authorizations, we anticipate MVP crews will work to complete construction of the project by year-end 2023, at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-backed-mountain-valley-pipeline-completion-expected-by-years-end-thanks-to-debt-deal\/\" title=\"Manchin-supported Mountain Valley Pipeline set to finish by year-end with debt agreement.\">estimated total project cost<\/a> of approximately $6.6 billion,&#8221; said an Equitrans spokesperson earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Enhancing Energy Security<\/h3>\n<p>Once operational, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is projected to have a capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day. Sen. Manchin emphasized the pipeline&#8217;s significance in ensuring the nation&#8217;s energy and national security, as well as providing affordable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-power-crisis-ahead-natural-gas-imports-increase-following-democrat-driven-pipeline-shutdowns\/\" title=\"American Power Crisis Ahead: Natural Gas Imports Increase Following Democrat-Driven Pipeline Shutdowns\">reliable natural gas<\/a> to hundreds of thousands of Americans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the final permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, allowing construction to be completed this year. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a key advocate for the project, shared the news on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1955641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1955640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}