Poll Finds Support for Natural Gas Crosses Party Lines
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- Oct 2, 2020
DEP Orders Sunoco to Reroute Section of Pipeline After Spill
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered Sunoco to reroute a portion of its Mariner East 2 pipeline near...
- Oct 2, 2020
Sunoco’s Mariner East Spills Mud into Lake in State Park
Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline is, yet again, the cause of a major environmental incident. The 350-mile long pipeline project is being...
- Oct 2, 2020
Landmark Environmental Law Changes to Streamline Gas Pipeline Reviews
A landmark 1970 environmental law is being overhauled by the Trump administration to streamline reviews of infrastructure projects,...
- Oct 2, 2020
Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Sells Gas Transmission Assets
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) has been the center of discussion in recent weeks following a Supreme Court decision that allowed the...
- Oct 2, 2020
SCOTUS Decision Revives Stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has managed to jump a significant hurdle in the way of completion. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)...
- Oct 2, 2020
PUC Clarifies Mariner East 1 ‘Remaining Life’ Settlement and Public Reporting
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission last week clarified sections of a March tentative order that requires Sunoco to conduct a...
- Oct 2, 2020
Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects...
- Oct 2, 2020
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document
The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...
- Oct 2, 2020
DEP Imposes $30.6 Million Penalty for Beaver County Pipeline Explosion
Energy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in...
- Oct 2, 2020
Pipelines Under New Regulations per PHMSA’s “Mega Rule”
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream...
- Oct 2, 2020
Pa. to Texas: ATEX Pipeline is Expanding
Transporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances,...
- Oct 2, 2020
DEP Audit Finds Beaver County Agency had Poor Oversight of Two Major Pipeline Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources recently revoked some of the Beaver County Conservation District’s permitting...
- Oct 2, 2020
Governor Wolf met by Mariner East Opponents
Gov. Tom Wolf has made Pennsylvania’s energy industry a key focus of his administration. However, while some plans proposed by the...
- Oct 2, 2020
Increase in Wastewater Pipelines Raises Regulation Questions
Natural gas companies are looking for better, more efficient ways to transport and dispose of contaminated wastewater used in the...
- Oct 2, 2020
Regulation and Oversight of Pipelines Carrying Natural Gas Liquids
Regulators and legislators are taking a new look at regulation of the pipelines that carry highly valuable gas liquids from the fracking...
- Oct 2, 2020
Pennsylvania Takes Steps to Strengthen Gas Liquids Pipeline Safety Rules
As gas liquids pipeline construction has increased dramatically across Pennsylvania, the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) is now...
- Oct 2, 2020
Wasted Energy: Texas’ Surplus of NG Emphasizes Need for Pipeline Infrastructure
Texas is home to the second-largest natural gas producing shale basin in the United States: the 86,000 square mile Permian basin. Though...
- Oct 2, 2020
Stressed Out: What Causes Pipelines to Degrade
Shale gas production over the past several years has caused a flurry of activity and generated a significant amount of physical...
- Oct 2, 2020
Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines
A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...
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