Another U.S. Pipeline Project Collapses

Oil and gas pipeline opponents scored a win this week after PennEast Pipeline Co. said it would drop a gas pipeline project that would have shipped the commodity from Pennsylvania to New Jersey after it failed to secure a water quality certification permit from New Jersey authorities. "The PennEast partners, following extensive evaluation and discussion, recently determined further development of the project no longer is supported," the company said in an emailed statement as quoted by Reuters, adding that it "has ceased all further development…