Watershed

Preserving Our Water: How we use our Delaware Watershed.

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Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?

The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.

8 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East 2 critics don’t trust DEP, Sunoco agreement to improve company’s record

8 years ago

Carney asks EPA to waive renewable fuel requirements for Delaware City refinery

Carney, crude oil refiners say a federal renewable fuels program is to blame for financial problems at refineries such as Philadelphia Energy Solutions.

8 years ago

JON HURDLE / STATEIMPACT PA Construction of Mariner East 2 in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco to resume work, pay $12.6 million for Mariner East 2 pipeline violations

8 years ago

A landowner rips up an offer of compensation from PennEast at a rally February 2, 2018.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

PennEast pipeline seeks eminent domain, plus U.S. marshals to protect workers

8 years ago

Environmentalists gather on Asbury Park's boardwalk to speak out against the Trump administration plan for expanded offshore drilling. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

N.J. environmental groups band together to oppose expanded offshore drilling

The possibility of a spill is too great a risk, say environmentalist who fear jeopardizing marine life and New Jersey's tourism industry.

8 years ago

The Mariner East 2 pipeline has officially broken ground in the Delaware County town of Aston. The beginning stages of the pipeline includes clear cutting trees and preparing makeshift roads for the heavy machinery to traverse. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco appeals DEP’s stop work order

Sunoco is appealing the Department of Environmental Protection’s January 3 order to halt construction on the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline.

8 years ago

AG rejects PennEast offers for easements on protected lands

Pipeline company says it will begin eminent domain actions if landowners hold out after deadline.

8 years ago

A landowner rips up an offer of compensation from PennEast at a rally February 2, 2018. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Landowners tear up PennEast leases as New Jersey shelves permit application

They will not agree to the company’s plans to build the pipeline on their land — at the price offered, or in some cases at any price.

8 years ago

State Impact

NewsWorks Tonight

Mariner East 2: Texts raise questions about Wolf administration role in permitting process

8 years ago

Cayleigh Dorsey was the youngest to stand by the podium at the DRBC hearing. She’s one year old, and was held by her grandmother Alicia Dorsey, from South Philadelphia.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware River Basin fracking ban hearings center on environment, economy

8 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware County Council looks into risk assessment of Mariner East 2 pipeline

8 years ago

Sam Lemheney, senior vice president of shows and events for the Philadelphia Horticultural Society introduces

Rope bridge to add adventure to Philadelphia Flower Show

The annual Philadelphia Flower Show opening March 2 will highlight the beauty and science of water.

8 years ago

Roy Christman (left) and William Kellner protested plans to build the PennEast natural gas pipeline at a FERC ‘listening session’ near Jim Thorpe, Pa. in 2016. FERC has now approved the project. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pa.)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

FERC approves PennEast, saying it would supply needed natural gas

8 years ago

At a public information session in Dover, Delaware, Thursday, Charlotte Reid looks over information about the Trump administration's plan to expand oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic coastline. She fears that could put Delaware at risk of a spill.

Delaware residents tell Washington they oppose offshore drilling

The goal of a public meeting in Dover was to listen to local experts and residents.

8 years ago

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