PA Distributes $10M from Energy Transfer Fines to NGOs, Towns

According to an investigative reporter for Penn State, between 2018 and 2023, Pennsylvania fined Energy Transfer and its subsidiary Sunoco at least $42 million in connection to the construction of Mariner East II. Some $10 million of that came from a deal with the PA Attorney General’s office (who happened to be Josh Shapiro at the time) for supposed repeat contaminations of waterways, failures to report environmental damage, and the use of unapproved chemicals in drilling fluid (see What Happened to $42 Million in Fines Paid by Mariner East Pipe?). We now know where the $10 million from the AG deal is going---to help fund 79 "local water quality improvement projects." Some of the groups receiving money in the form of grants are NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that are anti-shale. It's the final humiliation, forcing ET to pay those who seek to destroy it.

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