PennEast Pipeline’s Main Sponsor Recognized as Enviro Champion

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we are the championsPerhaps we now know the real reason why a group of anti-fossil fuel protesters decided to abandon their protest at the headquarters of PennEast Pipeline's main sponsor, UGI. MDN told you yesterday how mainstream media in the New Jersey market covered a "massive" protest (of 35 people) who showed up at the Statehouse in Trenton during the day--with obviously nothing better to do--to protest against the PennEast Pipeline (see Tiny Protest in Trenton, NJ Against PennEast Pipeline is “News”?). The protesters had planned to also show up at UGI headquarters on Tuesday for a similar "massive" protest--but those plans got canceled. We assumed it was because it was food stamp distribution day and the paid-for protesters had better things to do--but maybe we were wrong. Could it be that protest organizers were tipped off that UGI, the lead sponsor of the PennEast Pipeline, was about to be named to a national list of utility companies that are "Environmental Champions"? It wouldn't look good for THE Delaware Riverkeeper and her acolytes to show up and protest a company that is recognized nationwide as one of the leading environmentally sensitive companies, would it?...

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