Josh Shapiro’s Mariner East Water Testing Program in PA is a Bust

The government screws up just about everything it touches --- ever notice that? A perfect example is a water testing program set up by then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro in December 2022. In August 2022, Shapiro, who AG at the time, announced that he had finally bullied Energy Transfer into pleading “no contest” (meaning they don’t admit to a darned thing) in a so-called criminal case against the company for a series of accidents affecting construction for both the Revolution and Mariner East pipelines (see ET Pleads No Contest to “Crimes” for ME, Revolution Pipelines). Part of the plea deal included ET funding a program to test water supplies for those who claim their well water was damaged by the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. That program has turned into a disaster.

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