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.
PennEast applied to the federal government six years ago to build a 116-mile pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania to carry fracked natural gas to a location near Trenton.
PennEast wants the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling preventing the company from exercising eminent domain on New Jersey state lands.
Environmental groups, along with 437 other individuals, signed a letter urging the Department of Environmental Protection to deny the environmental permits for the PennEast Pipeline Project.
The PennEast pipeline fight has now entered a new phase, but its old foes — environmentalists and residents from both sides of the Delaware River — are still ready for battle.
