Congress Should Strike MVP Provision From Fiscal Responsibility Act
Site of Mountain Valley Pipeline through Jefferson National Forest, Virginia
Mason Cummings, TWS
Debt deal puts public lands and communities in crosshairs
Congress is expected to vote on the “Fiscal Responsibility Act” later today. In response, the following quote can be attributed to Lydia Weiss, Sr. Director of Government Relations at The Wilderness Society:
“The inclusion of a provision to fast track the disastrous Mountain Valley Pipeline project must be rejected by the Senate. The Mountain Valley Pipeline would carry gas hundreds of miles across Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, scarring forests, destroying habitat and leaving waterways (and the people that depend on them) vulnerable to toxic leaks. The pipeline’s construction has already caused hundreds of ‘pollution incidents’ and occurrences of harmful sedimentation, resulting in considerable disruption to communities and wildlife in the region. It will continue to do so should it be irresponsibly rushed forward without regard for the foundational environmental laws meant to protect communities.
We call on Congress to preserve our bedrock environmental protections in communities across the country and strongly support Senator Kaine’s amendment to remove the fast-tracking of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project from this legislation.”
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