Dominion Energy has stopped work on 100 miles of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline following a court decision vacating a permit related to threatened and endangered species, while an effort continues to force a work stoppage on the entire project.
Construction on the $2.5-billion Mariner East 2 pipeline in Pennsylvania has resumed following a month-long state investigation into numerous environmental permit violations that resulted in a $12.6-million civil penalty against Sunoco Pipeline LLP.
The cold weather that swept across the Eastern Seaboard in early January is heating up the debate over the need for a more robust infrastructure to deliver natural gas to New England.
