Indigenous and environmental activists who have fought the dangerous pipeline project for years vowed to continue.
. “These provisions, which are totally unrelated to the national debt, will turn historically underserved and environmental justice communities into sacrifice zones.”
Denali Nalamalapu, communications director of the Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition, echoed that message. The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been tied up in litigation for years, delaying construction as the project’s ownersCommon Dreams The bill, which now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, also states that “no court shall have jurisdiction to review any action taken” by federal agencies to clear the way for the pipeline — and any dispute over that provision will be under the “exclusive jurisdiction” of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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