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Federal Regulators Are Rewriting Environmental Rules So a Massive Pipeline Can Be Built Across West Virginia

This story was originally co-published by Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom covering West Virginia, and ProPublica, a…

byKen Ward Jr., Mountain State Spotlight

December 9, 2020