Environmentalists welcome PennEast cancellation over climate effects

Environmentalists are welcoming the announcement from the PennEast Pipeline Company that it is canceling plans to continue building its controversial natural gas pipeline in the Mid-Atlantic despite a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that allowed the private developer to take state land to construct the project. “The decision to put the pipeline on hold reflects what we already know: that the PennEast Pipeline has no place in the Delaware River Basin or anywhere else. Once operational, the pipeline...