Statement: Senator Wants Pipeline Halted Amid COVID
State Sen. Andy Dinniman is hoping COVID-19 will finally achieve what he has been unable to do: halt the construction of the legally permitted Mariner East pipeline network. He made the pitch in a letter sent to Pennsylvania Public Utility… Read More ►
Sen. Dinniman Using an International Crisis to Endanger Jobs
Calls to shut down construction of Mariner East masked as
concern for public health are insensitive coming from the likes of Sen. Andy
Dinniman. Anti-pipeliners have spent years reaching for anything they can to
call for further delays of construction… Read More ►
Statement: DEP Cancels Pipeline Hearings to Protect against COVID-19 Spread
The Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection today announced that is canceling three public hearings planned
for mid-April
related to permit modifications for the Mariner East pipeline project. DEP also
canceled an April 2 hearing on air quality plans at the… Read More ►
Pipeline Activist Makes Violent Threats, Subsequently Arrested
Per the Daily Local News an arrest was made in relation to Saturday’s Uwchlan Township supervisors’ online, public forum about the Mariner East pipeline project. It was reported that West Whiteland resident Rand Joseph
Kehler, frustrated with noise from the… Read More ►
Former PA State Senator and Chester Co. Commissioner Acknowledges Mariner East Value in Penn Live
Former two term Pennsylvania State Senator and three term
Chester County Commissioner Earl Baker was featured in Penn Live today offering a welcome perspective on the Mariner East
2 project and the Commonwealth’s energy infrastructure industry at large. Let’s take… Read More ►
PA Dems Attack Innocent Union Workers at Rally
Rallies at the Capitol in Harrisburg, PA brought out the
worst of the anti-petrochemical population in Pennsylvania. Members of
PennFuture, PennEnvironment, Earthjustice, and Rep. Innamorato and Sen. Muth,
all participated in a rally to oppose House Bill 1100 which is… Read More ►
Commonsense Prevails in West Whiteland Township
Mariner East continues to inch closer and closer to full
completion. Last week West Whiteland Township helped expedite the
construction process of some of the final remaining pieces of the Mariner East
2 system by allowing Sunoco / Energy Transfer… Read More ►
The Labor Industry is Still Feeling the Effects of Friel Otten’s Tweet Last May
Friel Otten’s tweet comparing Pennsylvania’s union labor on
Mariner East to Nazis last May left a taste of disdain that
remains today. Darrin Kelly, president of the Alleghany/Fayette Central
Labor Council, recently walked out of a hearing discussing PA’s petrochemical… Read More ►