The Mountain Valley Pipeline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing
Part of a series of briefings on proposed Appalachian gas pipelines, Oil Change International finds that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would cause the emissions equivalent of 26 coal plants or 19 million passenger vehicles.
Oil Change International
February 2017
Launching a series of briefings on the Greenhouse Gas emissions impact of Appalachian Basin gas pipelines. We estimate the full lifecycle emissions of building and operating the proposed Mountain Valley pipeline and provide a critique of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s climate impact assessment in its draft environmental impact statement.
We find that the Mountain Valley pipeline would lead to annual emissions of over 89 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. This would be like adding 26 coal plants or 19 million passenger vehicles.
The Mountain Valley pipeline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing is based on Oil Change International’s Gas Pipeline Climate Methodology.
Download this and other gas pipeline briefings here.