Onerous Pipeline Regs Holding Back Economic Progress in WV

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, West Virginia is the nation’s fourth-largest energy producer, and the fourth-largest producer of marketed natural gas. The Mountain State sits atop the prolific Marcellus and Utica shale formations, which account for about 95% of the state’s natural gas production. The state is poised for unprecedented growth. But it's blocked from that growth due to a lack of pipelines--projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline that can't seem to finish because of lawsuits and regulations.

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