Enviro Groups Back Down on Challenging DEP Permits for ME2 Pipe
An interesting development on Friday, when the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a press release to announced that three radical environmental groups have dropped their objections to permits the DEP previously granted for the Mariner East 2 Pipeline. Clean Air Council, Mountain Watershed Association, and THE Delaware Riverkeeper "settled" their appeal of 20 permits issued to Sunoco for the ME2 project. What does it mean that they "settled?" According to the announcement, "The settlement does not alter any of the 20 permits in the appeal."...