Briefly:  Groups Say Federal Agency’s Pipeline Impact Review Was Too Narrow

Mealey's (August 23, 2019, 1:43 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Environmental groups on Aug. 21 moved for a stay of an opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) related to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which would carry hydraulically fractured oil and gas through parts of West Virginia and Virginia, on grounds the FWS’s analysis of the impact the pipeline would have on the local environment was too narrowly focused (Wild Virginia, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 19-1866, 4th Cir.)....