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This February 2018 photo shows the most recent proposed route for the PennEast pipeline through Albertine Anthony's farm in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. The route cuts through a triangle of unfarmed wetland that is the source of Anthony's home water supply.
Updated: 2018-09-13 16:36:09

FERC urged to block tree-cutting before final decisions on PennEast pipeline

The Delaware River Basin Commission said it thinks the company might want to start clearing trees before its project gets all necessary approvals. In part, the commission is worried about problems that could occur if the pipeline never gets built.

By Jon Hurdle
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: 2018-08-14 09:40:23

FERC sued over PennEast approval after denying rehearing requests

Environmental groups say regulator failed to consider climate impacts and need for pipeline
By Jon Hurdle
Trees cut on a Susquehanna County property in March 2016 to make way for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The company has said it will fight a FERC order upholding New York State's denial of a permit for the project.
July 12, 2018 | 5:17 PM

A company cut trees for a pipeline that hasn’t been approved. The landowners just filed for compensation

The Constitution Pipeline is not built two years after crews cut more than 500 trees on northeast Pennsylvania property. The company says it is trying to get approval and still plans to build the line.

By Jon Hurdle
A sign warns drivers of natural gas pipeline construction ahead.
July 11, 2018 | 8:47 AM

Federal appeals court dismisses pipeline case that charged FERC with bias

Ruling: Agency's pipeline approvals not linked to its funding
By Susan Phillips
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
FERC's headquarters in Washington, DC. The agency said it will review its longstanding policy on certification of natural gas pipelines.
March 28, 2018 | 9:00 AM

FERC’s critics, and two commissioners, say new comment policy will hurt landowners

By Jon Hurdle
A sign on Stagecoach Road in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline.
February 23, 2018 | 3:51 PM

FERC order effectively denies appeals of PennEast approval, critics say

By Jon Hurdle
From the porch of her Palmerton farmhouse, Albertine Anthony looks out on the rolling hills of lower Carbon County. She believes the PennEast pipeline's proposed route through her 124-acre farm threatens her water supply. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
February 19, 2018 | 10:00 AM

Landowners brace for eminent domain loss in PennEast pipeline cases

By Jon Hurdle
The FERC building in Washington D.C.
January 22, 2018 | 11:41 AM

FERC approves PennEast, saying it would supply needed natural gas

By Jon Hurdle
Protesters blocked pipeline construction equipment on the property of The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, an order of Catholic nuns, in Lancaster County in October. On Friday, the nuns asked an appeals court to allow them to make their religious objections to the pipeline in a lower court.
January 19, 2018 | 3:33 PM

Nuns want court to hear their religious objections to Atlantic Sunrise pipeline

By Jon Hurdle
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