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Pipeline opponents once again had an opportunity to share their opposition to increased pipeline infrastructure at a joint senate hearing in Harrisburg, PA on Tuesday. The hearing, held by the state senate Environmental Resources and Energy and the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure committees, listened to ideological fringe groups for two hours about the lack…
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Opposition groups continue to spread misinformation about pipeline projects. Their target this week is Mariner East 2—a 350-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas liquids across the state of Pennsylvania, terminating at the Marcus Hook facility south of Philadelphia. A recently published blog from fringe activist group “FracTracker” mischaracterizes several commonly misunderstood elements of pipeline…
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Even though it is environmentally sensitive, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has come under fire. However what fails to be discussed is exactly what the practice entails. No matter the negative messaging being pushed by anti-development activists, it is an important tool and often the best way to install new infrastructure such as energy and water…
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Pipelines in Pennsylvania are under consistent attack by the same opponents that have been in search of any argument possible to voice opposition to much-needed infrastructure development in Pennsylvania. The list of projects is long – PennEast, Atlantic Sunrise, Constitution, Adelphia, and Mariner East. What they can’t argue against is the incredible economic impacts that…
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With increased development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale in western Pennsylvania, debate about the need for pipeline infrastructure has been ongoing. On one side are anti-development activists who focus on fringe ideological views without a basic understanding of the ongoing need for increased domestic energy production. The Pennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance believes that the…
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With energy resources providing such a positive impact on Pennsylvania’s, opponents of this economic boom in Pennsylvania claim that property values will be negatively impacted, which is just one of many misstatements. In fact, studies and economists say that at worst, property values would be unchanged. According to a study by Integra Realty Resource (IRR)…
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The Honorable Tom Wolf Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 508 Main Capitol Harrisburg, PA 17120 Dear Governor Wolf: Thank you for your interest in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s oversight of Sunoco Pipeline L.P. and its Mariner East 2 project. On behalf of the Commission, we appreciate this opportunity to describe our oversight and respond to…
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With each passing day, another pipeline opponent seems to wake up and proclaim themselves an industry expert on pipeline construction and operations. These past few days, if you didn’t know any better, one would think that Tom Casey is some kind of an engineer with a deep background in pipeline regulations and expertise in qualitative…
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For 36 days, a vital part of Pennsylvania’s infrastructure has been stuck in neutral, unable to help our workers or benefit our economy. Since the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a halt to construction along the Mariner East 2 Pipeline on January 3rd of this year, thousands of workers have been without work,…
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