Shapiro announces 48 criminal charges against Energy Transfer over ME East II pipeline; officials call for project to be halted
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Pennsylvania Attorney general Josh Shapiro, with Marsh Creek Lake as his background, announces 48 criminal charges against Energy Transfer for alleged misconduct in construction of the Mariner East II Pipeline, as Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan looks on.
DOWNINGTOWN — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday 48 criminal...
In wake of pipeline settlement, Dinniman says DEP fails to manage pipeline projects
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners more than $30 million, but appears to have green-lit resumption of construction on various ETP pipeline projects including Mariner East II — leaving one local state legislator, state Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19), expressing anger at the state’s inability...
DEP halts Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
The troubled — and much protested — construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, which cuts through the heart of Chester County, was halted Wednesday morning by the state Department of Environmental Protection, just days after local residents and officials mounted calls to stop the project.
According to a statement issued Wednesday morning by DEP, the agency has issued an order suspending the construction...
DEP expands drought watch to Chester County
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has extended a formal Drought Warning to Chester and Delaware counties, meaning now 38 of the state’s 67 counties are under the watch.
The watch means that officials are asking for 5% reduction of non-essential water use by residents and businesses.
Accordingly, local water companies, including Pennsylvania American Water is asking their...
DEP to host energy code compliance training
Workshop recommended for inspection officials, contractors, designers
NORRISTOWN — The state Department of Environmental Protection invites code enforcement officials, builders, contractors and designers to a Thursday, May 15, training workshop in Exton on the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).
The workshop, a one-day program that will focus on energy code compliance for commercial...
