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The Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s lawsuit against Sunoco regarding the Mariner East II Pipeline has been dismissed, and rightfully so. Delaware Riverkeeper Network claimed that Sunoco violated the Clean Water Act when the company did not seek a federal permit, even though the company had already secured a nearly identical state permit. Judge Paul Diamond found…
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One of the major downsides to the dawning of technology is a growing lack of fact-driven reporting and journalistic integrity. These are standards that most expect from news sources, but with the decline of professional journalism, fringe activists have had an increased opportunity to play journalist, spreading misinformation. Dragonpipe Diary is one site that falls…
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Recently, an opinion piece was published in the Unionville Times regarding Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision to allow construction on Mariner East to continue. The author and editor, Mike McGann, refuses to acknowledge that he, along with all Pennsylvanians, continue to be the beneficiaries of economic stimulation that energy infrastructure enables throughout the state. Gov. Wolf’s…
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Anti-pipeliners just can’t bring themselves to rise above an international crisis. Their hatred for business, especially industries tasked with providing citizens critical resources to sustain daily life during the ongoing Coronavirus, pervades. Who are they? A fringe environmental group with a long history of civil disobedience, a backbench state sentator who generates more paper with…
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Another LTE published in the DelCo Times insists that pipeline infrastructure in Pennsylvania is the end all be all, ignoring the fact that the energy sector employs Pennsylvanians, significantly reduces CO2 emissions, and provides viable access to efficient energy. In his LTE, Daniel Fernandez, suggests that Pennsylvania should switch to solar and wind energy in…
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FACT CHECK: George Alexander’s Guest Column in the Delco Times Spews Unsourced and False Claims Over the weekend, the Delco Times decided to publish an OpEd by George Alexander that calls out an OpEd written by Earl Baker, spewing false and inaccurate information. Not only does Alexander attempt to combat the facts Baker provides in…
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In a recent editorial published by the Delco Times, the author follows other anti-pipeline activist rhetoric to instill fear among Pennsylvanians regarding the Mariner East pipeline while blatantly ignoring the facts. Pennsylvania has been safely operating pipelines for decades. Threatening residents with a “what if?” situation is a desperate attempt to defend a position that is unwarranted….
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Sometimes the local media can’t help themselves in adding fuel to a fire instigated by local fear mongers in Southeast Pennsylvania. Personal and community safety is always top of mind, but sometimes the local media seems to push a narrative that inflames worry in local residents. Yesterday, the Delco Times ran a story in an…
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This past Friday, pipeline opposition group, the Delaware Riverkeeper, tried to incite fear among NJ residents regarding the plans for an LNG storage facility on the Delaware River in Glouchester County. Riverkeeper, along with Sierra Club and Food & Water Watch, used fear tactics, telling residents how the facility would be bad for the environment,…
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In an opinion piece published by the Altoon Mirror this morning, Joseph Otis Minott, executive director and chief counsel of Clean Air Council, disregards the facts about Pennsylvania’s energy infrastructure and the Mariner East project. This pipeline infrastructure project is legally permitted and thoroughly regulated, period. In his article, Minott calls on the Department of…
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