N.J. at the wrong end of a vulnerable pipeline | Editorial
Posted May 11, 2021
Gloucester County residents in particular, but also those from Mount Laurel to Linden, usually think about the Colonial Pipeline running through their neighborhoods only when an infrequent leak occurs.
Today, all of New Jersey and the entire East Coast is thinking about the Colonial Pipeline, because it’s currently delivering zero gallons of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels due to a ransomware attack that was first reported Friday.
The shutdown idled 15 to 20% of the nation’s petroleum-product supply that travels by pipeline. But, on the East Coast, Colonial carries close to 40% of all such fuel.