In response to today’s release of the Biden-Harris administration’s Interagency Working Group Report on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from Conservation Program Director, America Fitzpatrick:

For nearly a decade, Big Oil has been trying to run a natural gas pipeline 300 miles across Virginia and West Virginia, cutting through the Jefferson National Forest and crossing hundreds of waterways and wetlands. The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) will have devastating consequences not only for the environment, but also for the many communities along its path whose health will be jeopardized by air and water pollution. Here’s what you need to know.