The Transportation Department denied a permit this week that would have enabled an energy company to transport natural gas by rail from Pennsylvania for export in New Jersey.
Fox News host Steve Hilton examines the Biden administration's plans for a "clean energy revolution" on "The Next Revolution."against granting a permit for transporting liquefied natural gas from Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, to Gibbstown, New Jersey, via railroad.
The U.S. Department of Transportation stated in a federal filing published Monday that it had rejected a special permit from Energy Transport Solutions, a Missouri-based liquid fuels transportation firm, to renew. A DOT subagency, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration , explained Tuesday that the decision was, in part, a result of litigation.
"Prior to the denial, the project to transport LNG for foreign export was already halted by Energy Transport Solutions as part of a legal settlement with external litigants," a PHMSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The request to transfer LNG to New Jersey was part of a large LNG export project first proposed in 2017 by Energy Transport Solutions parent company New Fortress Energy, a billion-dollar energy infrastructure company. The company's plan for the project included constructing a LNG processing plant in Wyalusing and transporting product via rail to Gibbstown, where it would build an export terminal to send natural gas overseas.
But the New Fortress Energy project has faced legal hurdles in recent years. The company ultimately entered into a settlement last year with
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