Supreme Court Lets Work Resume on Gas Pipeline Backed by Manchin
- High court gave no explanation in a three-sentence order
- Shares of pipeline operator Equitrans surged on the decision
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The US Supreme Court let Equitrans Midstream Corp. resume construction on its controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, granting a company request and lifting lower-court orders that had blocked work on the $6.6 billion project.
In a three-sentence order Thursday, the high court stopped short of tossing out lawsuits by environmental groups, something the pipeline had suggested as an alternative. But the justices left open the possibility they might do so at a later stage, saying, “that determination is without prejudice to further consideration in light of subsequent developments.”