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The Guardian - US
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US supreme court allows construction of Appalachian pipeline to resume

The Mountain Valley Pipeline route at Brush Mountain in Virginia.
The Mountain Valley pipeline route at Brush Mountain in Virginia. Photograph: Heather Rousseau/AP

The US supreme court has allowed construction to resume on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is a project to transport fracked gas 300 miles through West Virginia and Virginia.

The new ruling clears the way for construction to restart, lifting stays from lower courts that had halted work.

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