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U.S. appeals court dismisses motion challenging permits for natural gas pipeline

by JOHN RABY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Mountain Valley Pipeline route on Brush Mountain, July 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is allowing construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work had been halted by the federal appeals court in Richmond, even after Congress ordered the project's approval as part of the bipartisan bill to increase the debt ceiling. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in June. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

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