West Virginia Asks Supreme Court to Allow Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline

West Virginia Asks Supreme Court to Allow Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline
West Virginia Gov. and Sen.-elect Jim Justice in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in a file image. Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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West Virginia is asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s rulings that temporarily blocked construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), despite recent congressional legislation that gave the natural gas conduit a green light.

The more than $6 billion, 303-mile pipeline will stretch from northern West Virginia to Southwest Virginia before connecting with another line in North Carolina. Construction is about 94 percent complete.