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Eric Friedman, president of the Andover Homeowners’ Association, and vocal opponent of the Mariner East Pipelines, announced that he will pressure the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to release documents detailing calculations on the effects of accidental release of natural gas liquids from the pipelines. The PUC is obligated to deny release of the documents because…
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Time and time again pipelines have come under fire. This time a report is claiming billions will be lost over PennEast and Mariner East 2 pipelines. However that is simply not the case. The report, commissioned by New Jersey Conservation Foundation, found that those two pipelines “could cost communities up to $2.4 billion in environmental…
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A recent piece published in Philly Magazine contains several omissions with regard to pipelines in Pennsylvania, particularly the Mariner East 2 project.  A few cases to point out: There was an exhaustive permitting and review process. Projects like Mariner East 2 undergo immense regulatory and public scrutiny. The Department of Environmental Protection spent more than…
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The largest oil refinery on the U.S. East Coast, Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), plans to permanently shut down. While many anti-energy activists may be cheering, there are thousands of workers being negatively impacted by the sudden closure. PES employs over 1,100 workers including nearly 700 union workers, Steelworkers and Steamfitters, as well as thousands of…
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New Fortress Energy, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Group LLC, is looking to increase consumer access to the natural gas landscape in Pennsylvania. Following an executive order by President Trump to authorize liquefied natural gas (LNG) via truck and rail, which has been prohibited for years, New Fortress Energy is looking to transport natural gas…
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Pipeline opponents have made a big stink of the uses of natural gas liquids particularly those transported to the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex via the Mariner East 1 and 2 pipelines. Opponents love to claim that the energy products shipped through Mariner East, in their entirety, to Europe to be used in the production processes…
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Opposition to the safe transport of energy resources continue to spread misinformation and employ fear tactics to generate more opposition to pipelines. What they cannot deny is that pipelines are the safest means to transport energy resources according to the Department of Transportation Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. One line of attack that many pipeline…
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State Sen. Andy Dinniman’s anti-pipeline theatrics were on full display last week during a Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing to reconfirm Patrick McDonnell as the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Dinniman clashed with fellow committee members over his instance on peppering McDonnell with a series of loaded questions regarding the DEP’s involvement in…
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An Inside Sources article by retired U.S. Army General James ‘Spider’ Marks makes an important point: energy infrastructure sabotage is dangerous. Recent news has shown us the downfalls of interfering with the construction and operation of large scale energy projects. Marks notes a number of recent events that have endangered or harmed environmental activists including:…
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An Inside Sources article by retired U.S. Army General James ‘Spider’ Marks makes an important point: energy infrastructure sabotage is dangerous. Recent news has shown us the downfalls of interfering with the construction and operation of large scale energy projects. Marks notes a number of recent events that have endangered or harmed environmental activists including:…
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