The Sierra Club announced that the fossil fuel companies planning a 75-mile pipeline from southern Virginia to central North Carolina have abandoned their plans because no one will sell them land on which to build, Reuters reports.
In a statement, the Sierra Club said the so-called Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension is “unlikely to ever be built” after the environmental group raised objections to the approval process the project when through during the Trump administration. Like other environmental groups, the Sierra Club challenged the rigor with which the Trump administration reviewed environmental impact projections and other factors that would have otherwise blocked or at least delayed the project.
“The project and its regulatory review process have also been subject to intense scrutiny owing to insufficient environmental justice review procedures and the lack of overall need for this boondoggle of a project,” the Sierra Club said in the statement. “Abandoning their efforts is a clear victory for communities working tirelessly to protect their health and homes from corporate polluters — and a major setback for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.”