Sierra Club: Mountain Valley Pipeline Attempts to Greenwash Polluting Fracked Gas Pipeline
July 13, 2021
July 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSPOl) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 12, 2021:
Backers of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline announced a new scheme today to purchase carbon offsets to make up for the operational emissions of its first 10 years in service. These offsets would do nothing to address the climate impact of extracting or burning the fracked gas that MVP would transport. If built, the pipeline would lead to annual emissions of over 89 million met . . .
Backers of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline announced a new scheme today to purchase carbon offsets to make up for the operational emissions of its first 10 years in service. These offsets would do nothing to address the climate impact of extracting or burning the fracked gas that MVP would transport. If built, the pipeline would lead to annual emissions of over 89 million met . . .