Construction of a nearly 120-mile-long proposed natural gas pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania to central New Jersey will not go forward, the group behind the project said Monday.
The company's decision not to pursue eminent-domain claims on 42 parcels of publicly owned land was announced in an agreement with the Attorney General's office and recorded in a brief notice sent on Sept. 20 to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
As the Supreme Court begins its 2019 session, energy experts are watching whether the justices will weigh in on natural gas pipeline battles over federal permitting, eminent domain and state sovereignty issues around construction.
In a new lawsuit, environmentalists argue that the federal government is overstepping its bounds by using eminent domain for the proposed PennEast pipeline.
