Ten days later, an agent with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and two representatives from the Mountain Valley pipeline met with Laferriere. He quickly hired an attorney and filed a cease and desist against the Mountain Valley pipeline. “As a result of the Mountain Valley pipeline taking over that lower pasture, it put us out of business. The dispute over the use of eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline incited a federal lawsuit filed by landowners in Virginia and West Virginia. EQM Midstream Partners, the operator and majority owner of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2019 06:00 UTC