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The proposed PennEast pipeline would pass through the fields of the Christman farm, seen from the intersection of Station Street and Pohopoco Drive in Lehighton.
Updated: January 31, 2020 | 10:36 am

FERC sides with PennEast in opposing court decision that pipeline builder can’t use eminent domain to take public land

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
A sign on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline.
November 15, 2019 | 10:04 AM

PennEast will appeal to U.S. Supreme Court over lower court’s adverse ruling

Company looking to overturn decision that denied its bid to condemn state-owned lands for $1 billion pipeline project
By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
A sign on Stagecoach Road in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline.
November 7, 2019 | 4:49 PM

Court decision narrows options for PennEast pipeline

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
Delaware Township, NJ is one of 27 towns along the route of the proposed PennEast pipeline.
November 7, 2019 | 11:05 AM

NJ lawmakers push ban on new fossil-fuel power plants

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
A sign on Stagecoach Road in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline.
October 11, 2019 | 10:18 AM

New Jersey DEP rejects PennEast’s permit application, setting back the project again

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
A view of the Delaware River from Milford, Pa. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a fracking ban in the basin, but New Jersey's governor wants the commission to ban related activities as well.
January 31, 2019 | 6:51 AM

New Jersey governor: Ban fracking, all related activities in Delaware River Basin

New prohibitions would be a big victory for environmentalists and residents who have been campaigning for them for years.

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo, an Exelon Corp. employee walks past equipment in the turbine building at the Oyster Creek Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, N.J. Shutting down the site of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant will take 60 years and cost $1.4 billion, according to a plan filed May 21, 2018, by a subsidiary of Chicago-based Exelon Corp. and under review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
August 1, 2018 | 5:57 PM

Sale of Oyster Creek nuclear plant could speed decommissioning by decades

Environmentalists happy facility would be cleaned up faster than originally planned, but concerned about details
By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed properly quantify greenhouse gas emissions linked to a pipeline expansion project in the southeastern U.S.
April 23, 2018 | 2:31 PM

FERC, called a ‘rubber stamp’ by critics, begins policy review for approval of natural gas pipelines

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
A sign on farmland in Palmerton shows local opposition to the PennEast pipleline. Some believe land under the Farmland Preservation program has been targeted for the route because of it's lower market value. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
March 25, 2018 | 7:34 AM

N.J. files in federal court to stop PennEast from condemning protected land

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
November 28, 2017 | 6:49 AM

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

By Tom Johnson/NJ Spotlight
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