DRBC Makes a Play to Slow/Block the Penn East Pipeline

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), currently under investigation by pro-drilling groups for its collusion (possibly illegal) with groups like THE Delaware Riverkeeper, appears to be making a play to block the Penn East Pipeline. The Penn East Pipeline will be 114 miles of 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline that will run from Luzerne County, PA to Mercer County, NJ--running through the DRBC's "territory." The DRBC has contacted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)--the only agency empowered to approve or not approve the project--declaring DRBC's interest in being part of the process to approve it. How convenient that the DRBC is in bed with the virulent anti-drilling Delaware Riverkeeper--and the main focus of Riverkeeper right now is to stop the Penn East...

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