Final Humilation: Dead PennEast Pipe Pays Antis Who Sued to Block It
After going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and winning, PennEast Pipeline, a 120-mile, primarily 36-inch pipeline that would have cost $1 billion to build and run from Dallas, Luzerne County, in northeastern Pennsylvania, and terminate at Transco’s pipeline interconnection near Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, threw in the towel last September (see PennEast Pipeline Throws in the Towel – Project Won’t Get Built). Now comes the final humiliation. Some of the antis who opposed the pipeline and helped contribute to its demise are getting reimbursed for their legal expenses by PennEast.
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