![This lengthy section of green, pre-welded pipeline lays along side a deep, machine-dug trench that extends down a long slope through a cleared swath of forested land.](https://old.appalachianvoices.org/images/uploads/2023/12/4B7E9752-F644-473C-9A52-AF5898BC2C92_1_105_c-150x150.jpeg)
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has allowed the Mountain Valley Pipeline to go in-service. This announcement arrives after a decade of community-led resistance to the pipeline project. MVP has doubled in cost and delayed completion for six years due to failures to comply with environmental protections and resulting legal challenges.