The deal requires approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline and weakens government ability to stop future projects.
Demonstrators with Appalachian and Indigenous climate advocates march against the Mountain Valley Pipeline project approved as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in Washington, D.C., on September 8, 2022.
Environmental protection groups warned that the text of the so-called Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 — which, if approved by Congress in the coming days would hold federal nonmilitary spending at its current level in the coming year and increase it by 1% in 2025 — includes a ““Singling out the Mountain Valley Pipeline for approval in a vote about our nation’s credit limit is an egregious act,”Peter Anderson, Virginia policy director with Appalachian Voices.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline has previously been denied multiple permits by courts due to concerns about its effects on water quality and environmental justice for the communities it would run through from West Virginia to southern Virginia, but under the bill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would be required to issue all remaining permits within 21 days. The bill also attempts to prohibit judicial review of the permits by any government agency.
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