The developer of the Mountain Valley pipeline now has a clear path to finishing the project. But it also has, literally, tons of aging pipe that has been sitting out in the elements for years, Mike Soraghan reports for E&E News. In a nutshell:Mountain Valley pipeline developers purchased and stockpiled much of the necessary pipe even before the pipeline was legally permitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Key quote:“There’s pipe sitting out there rotting,” said Roberta Bondurant of Bent Mountain, near Roanoke, one of the most outspoken opponents of the project known as MVP. She called the current situation “a promise of random explosion … somewhere along the 300 miles of this ticking pipe bomb.”Big picture:The Mountain Valley pipeline lives up to its name as it traverses 303 miles of — you guessed it — mountains and valleys.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2023 16:19 UTC