Environuts Cause Summit to Cancel $90M Pipe Project in Maine

Two weeks ago MDN brought you the news that Summit Natural Gas of Maine, a regional utility company, announced plans to extend their service territory into Maine’s Midcoast region with a $90 million pipeline project (see Summit Natural Gas of Maine Plans Small $90M Pipe in Midcoast). The company’s expansion into Knox and Waldo Counties would bring natural gas to residential and commercial customers in communities along the Route 1 corridor. We asked this question at the time: Can even one square inch of new pipeline get built anywhere in the country, let alone liberal Maine? We now have the answer, at least for Maine: NO.

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