A federal appeals court has laid down a roadblock to the completion of a natural gas pipeline long-championed by Sen. Joe Manchin .
Construction crews working to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway, seen on June 22, 2018.Climate activists protest a bill that would approve the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol last September.Due to the stay, a three-mile portion of the pipeline that runs through the Jefferson National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains is now on hold.
Congress included the fast-tracking of the pipeline as part of broader negotiations on permitting reform. Ultimately, the debt limit bill enacted some permitting reforms and deferred on others.