June 18, 2024

Indigenous Led Tribunal: The Rights of Rivers

The International Rights of Nature Tribunal held its 12th local hearing at the Haw River State Park in North Carolina this month. Led by our partners 7 Directions of Service with Movement Rights and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, it was the first Indigenous-led tribunal of its kind in global history. The… Read more


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June 12, 2024

FERC Again Fails the Public, Allows Risky MVP to Rush Forward

Yesterday, June 11, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave the go-ahead for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to begin transporting gas. This action threatens people and the environment along the entire pipeline path. Many questions remain unanswered about the safety of this dangerous project, as there has been a failure by responsible agencies… Read more


May 28, 2024

What’s Going on with the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in Virginia?

On May 23, 2024 Wild Virginia and allied groups held an online program to discuss the status of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and actions groups and individuals may take in the coming months to protect communities and the environment from further damage caused by the project. In early May, the Mountain Valley Pipeline initially… Read more


April 23, 2024

Groups Petition DC Circuit to Review MVP Southgate Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Late yesterday, a number of conservation groups filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision to extend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Project.  MVP radically altered its plans for the project almost immediately after… Read more


February 26, 2024

Citizens Ask State Water Control Board to Defend Them & Their Waters from MVP

At a meeting of the Virginia State Water Control Board on February 23, 2024, members of the public asked the Board to tell the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to enforce the law and to stop degradation of our streams, our properties, and our drinking water sources caused by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Citizens presented… Read more


February 9, 2024

29 Groups Call on DEQ for Stop Work Order to MVP

On February 8, 2024, twenty-nine organizations wrote Mike Rolband, Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), insisting that he issue a stop work order for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) due to repeated and widespread violations and damage to waterbodies and private property. The groups joining in this urgent call represent thousands of… Read more


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January 12, 2024

What is the MVP Southgate Extension?

Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have experienced a tumultuous few years. In the summer of 2022, Senator Joe Manchin made a deal with President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. He agreed to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act in exchange for a commitment to pass a bill that would try to… Read more


December 6, 2023

MVP Activist Says You Don’t Need a Technical Background to Be an Advocate

Environmental advocacy is a critical component of preserving the planet and mitigating the effects of climate change. Many people may be hesitant to participate in environmental advocacy because they feel that they lack the technical knowledge to make a meaningful contribution. However, it is important to recognize that anyone can be an environmental advocate, regardless… Read more


August 22, 2023

Preventing Pipeline Harms

This blog is the first of a four-part series reprinting policy papers from “Our Common Agenda,” an annual publication from the Virginia Conservation Network (VCN). This first installment, entitled “Preventing Pipeline Harms,” builds on the hard lessons learned from the fight against the destructive Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) but is designed to look forward, to… Read more


June 27, 2023

Environmental and Community Groups Challenge Effort to Throw Out Mountain Valley Pipeline Lawsuit

On June 26, 2023, environmental and community organizations filed a response opposing efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice and Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to dismiss the environmental groups’ pending challenge to the latest biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act.  Also today, the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of… Read more