Company Faces Environmental Charges Because of 2018 Beaver County Pipeline Explosion – CBS Pittsburgh
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) – The company behind a pipeline explosion in Beaver County in 2018 has been charged with environmental crimes.
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Energy Transfer allegedly dumped industrial waste into Raccoon Creek and ignored concerns about erosion leading to the landslide that caused the explosion. The
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Barns were burned, animals were killed and dozens of people had to be evacuated from their homes. Two acres of trees burned and six high-voltage towers collapsed.
Energy Transfer and its subsidiary ETC Northwest Pipeline now face nine criminal charges.
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The Revolution Pipeline is more than 40 miles long, starting in Butler County and passing through Beaver and Allegheny counties to connect to a processing plant in Washington County.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/02/02/company-charged-2018-revolution-pipeline-explosion/ Company Faces Environmental Charges Because of 2018 Beaver County Pipeline Explosion – CBS Pittsburgh
