4th Circuit Throws Out Plan for Safer MVP Drilling re Candy Darter

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candy darter

Even when we’re joking about the leftist clown judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (i.e. the 4th Circus), we’re right! A few weeks ago we told you about the candy darter, a small fishie on the threatened and endangered species list that lives in a few creeks under which 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) wants to drill. While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) both agree the candy darter would not be harmed by a change in drilling methods for MVP, the clown judges of the 4th Circus disagree and think THEY know more than the experts at both FERC and USFWS. (Of course they think they know it all–they read Dr. Seuss books as their guidance on environmental issues! This is not a joke.) Yesterday the judges tossed yet another permit for MVP.

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