On 12/11/2021 Loudoun Climate Project joined hundreds of pipeline fighters from across Virginia and West Virginia in Richmond to read 2 of over 300 environmental violations the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has received from Virginia’s department of Environmental Quality.

On December 14th, the Virginia State Water Control Board, an independent regulatory body tasked with administering the state’s water laws will vote on whether to issue MVP a water crossing permit under section 401 of the clean water act.

It is imperative the State Water Control Board deny MVP’s permit. The emissions from the MVP would be equivalent to building 23 new coal-fired power plants, at a time when our collective future depends on the world immediately taking all available actions to address the deepening climate crisis.

There has been no reasonable assurance, no past compliance, and there should be no MVP.