PennEast Pipeline Co. announced on Monday that it was pulling the plug on its proposed 116-mile gas pipeline that would have crossed Pennsylvania and New Jersey to deliver methane gas from Pennsylvania fracking wells. The announcement came on the heels of a Supreme Court decision that granted PennEast the right to use eminent domain to seize public and private lands for the pipeline. Nevertheless, the proposal faced stiff environmental permitting challenges from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) under the Clean Water Act. The company cited environmental permitting difficulties in its decision to withdraw the project.
WASHINGTON -- In twin victories for clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will update water pollution control standards for both meat and poultry processing plants and for the release of PFAS chemicals.
Environment America Research & Policy Center delivered a petition with more than 12,500 signatures to the Department of the Interior on Tuesday, calling on Secretary Deb Haaland to prohibit future federal leasing of minerals within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. This would essentially establish a no-drill zone in Chaco Canyon.
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