Across Pennsylvania, debates about energy policy in the past few decades have largely centered on two issues: fracking and pipelines. It has created a conundrum for politicians, particularly for Democrats, given two key tenets of their party: protecting the environment and supporting organized labor, which has thousands of workers in the commonwealth’s energy sector.
In a unanimous vote at a two-minute meeting Monday, Aug. 16, the Whatcom County Council ended more than five years of sometimes-contentious discussion on the future of oil-related industries at Cherry Point.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on July 20, 2021, reversed two decades of pipeline cybersecurity policies. Having previously advocated for voluntary pipeline.