Manchin could get a gas pipeline out of the debt ceiling deal, and environmental advocates are livid

Posted on AllSides May 31st, 2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin’s monthslong effort to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline – a project that will pipe methane gas across parts of West Virginia and Virginia – is likely to prevail in the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, angering environmental groups and some Democratic lawmakers. Manchin helped secure a provision in the deal that would compel federal agencies to approve all remaining permits for the approximately 300-mile natural gas pipeline, as well as shield the project from further litigation. The conservative Democrat from West Virginia, who has been critical of...

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