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PA. Supreme Court Decision Favors ME2

August 30, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday denied two appeals challenging a lower court’s decision that reaffirmed the state Public Utility Commission’s regulatory authority. The high court’s ruling makes clear that PUC authority supersedes local zoning that a municipality tried to… Read More ►

Courts Rule Against Pipeline Opponents… Again

August 30, 2018
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled against an appeal by pipeline opponents of two Commonwealth Court decisions in favor of Mariner East Pipelines. The lower courts found that local zoning ordinances in Chester and Delaware county’s local ordinances… Read More ►

Release: ‘Citizens Risk Assessment’ Flawed

August 28, 2018
West Chester, Pa. (Aug. 28, 2018) — The pipeline opposition group Del-Chesco United for Public Safety, in conjunction with state Sen. Andrew Dinniman, who is using taxpayer money to fund a lawsuit against Mariner East 2, released its so-called “citizens… Read More ►

Release: National Experts Weigh in Against ME2 Risk Assessment

August 28, 2018
Two national experts with decades of combined experience in pipeline development and regulatory oversight are weighing in today in advance of Del-Chesco United for Public Safety’s release of a so-called “citizens risk assessment” against the Mariner East 2 pipeline project,… Read More ►

Breaking The Law Is Not An Effective Protest Strategy

August 27, 2018
On Saturday, August 25th protests were organized across Pennsylvania by the radical group Earth Works in support of jailed anti – pipeline leader, Ellen Gerhart. In Delaware County three pipeline protestors followed Mrs. Gerhart’s tactics and quickly found themselves in… Read More ►

Union Workers Continue to Honor Responsibility to Safety

August 24, 2018
Sunoco’s ongoing replacement of small portions of Mariner East 2 pipeline in Delaware County has once again been spun by pipeline opponents who purposefully overlook Sunoco’s commitment to safety. An analysis of a segment of the pipeline not yet in… Read More ►

Competitive Power Venture: Another Energy Investment in Pennsylvania

August 24, 2018
The development of energy infrastructure in Pennsylvania is not only helping to stimulate the economy, it’s also powering homes across the state. Recently former Louisiana Congressman Charles Melancon took a tour of the Competitive Power Venture (CPV) Fairview Energy Center… Read More ►

Statement: 3,000+ Pipeline Workers Laid Off

August 22, 2018
All too often, the economic and job-creation benefits of energy infrastructure projects are treated like a smaller subplot to the larger debates over pipeline development — that is, until those jobs and benefits disappear.   That’s exactly what’s happening with Mountain… Read More ►