As residents struggle with damage linked to the Mariner East pipeline, many observe that the Democratic nominee is playing down his environmental bona fides.
The company’s Revolution pipeline had been in service for only a week in 2018 when it ruptured during a landslide, engulfing a hillside in flames and forcing evacuations
The pipeline was only opened for a week when it exploded and forced evacuations. Six high-voltage electric transmission towers and an electrical line were also destroyed.
Since January, DEP inspectors observed hillsides slip, erosion barriers fail and sediment getting into streams. Energy Transfer was fined $30 million for an explosion in 2018.
A federal grand jury subpoena has been issued to the Revolution pipeline’s owner, Energy Transfer, for documents related to a 2018 explosion caused by a landslide.
