On the campaign trail, President Biden promised that his Department of Justice would "strategically support" lawsuits against the biggest corporate polluters. Now, that pledge is being put to the test.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the 2018 natural gas pipeline explosion in Beaver County, adding to a growing list of probes into Energy Transfer's pipeline projects in Pennsylvania.
The move, Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said, is meant as a departure from the less assertive approach toward environmental regulation taken by former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel.
