Split FERC Allows MVP to Restart Construction Near National Forest
The flaky Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, who lately has taken to stabbing natural gas pipelines in the back (see FERC Changes How it Approves NatGas Pipes, Chatterjee a Backstabber), flipped back to supporting pipelines on Wednesday as he joined the two level-headed Republican commissioners in voting to allow Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to partially resume construction near national forest lands, denying a stay request filed by a coalition of environmental groups including the odious Sierra Club.
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