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Hearing on Mariner East 2 reroute plan shows public rifts persist over pipeline project
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Hearing on Mariner East 2 reroute plan shows public rifts persist over pipeline project

The troubled and long-delayed project pumps natural gas liquids more than 300 miles across 17 southern Pennsylvania counties to a Delaware County terminal, where most of the fuel is exported for plastics manufacturing.
Causes
Federal, state agencies probing Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline after whistleblowers’ allegations
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Federal, state agencies probing Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline after whistleblowers’ allegations

Early last year, Penn­syl­va­nia's top en­vi­ron­men­tal of­fi­cial tried to raise an alarm at the high­est level of the fed­eral agency re­spon­si­ble for pipe­line safety.

Causes
Pennsylvania: DEP approves changes to Mariner East construction methods at three troubled sites
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Pennsylvania: DEP approves changes to Mariner East construction methods at three troubled sites

Mariner East construction at three sites that require drilling through porous limestone can shift from horizontal directional drilling to open trench.
Causes
PA: More spills at Lebanon County Mariner East pipeline drill site earn Sunoco more violations
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PA: More spills at Lebanon County Mariner East pipeline drill site earn Sunoco more violations

Pennsylvania's DEP recently ordered re-route of line in Chester County for similar problems.

Politics
New drilling-mud spill is Sunoco’s 10th since the Mariner East pipeline project began
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New drilling-mud spill is Sunoco’s 10th since the Mariner East pipeline project began

DEP issues another violation as Mariner East struggles to cope with fragile limestone geology.

Newsletter
Mariner East construction spills 10,000 gallons of drilling mud into lake
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Mariner East construction spills 10,000 gallons of drilling mud into lake

Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline construction spilled 10,000 gallons of drilling mud into a lake at Marsh Creek State Park in Chester County.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump policies could curb progress on electric trucks and buses

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Trump's approach to U.S. power grid could slow critical expansion

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Trump's advisers push to reshape U.S. climate report

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

CLIMATE
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Climate extremes disrupt U.S. with blizzards, wildfires and record heat

Water pipes being installed in a trench.

Wildfires threaten drinking water as ash and chemicals pollute watersheds