Energy Transfer challenges Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law after jet fuel spill

Energy Transfer, facing state criminal investigation over a jet fuel spill that contaminated drinking water near Philadelphia, is seeking to have part of Pennsylvania's 89-year-old Clean Streams Law declared unconstitutional.

First covered Sep 4, 2026 · 2:27 PM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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22d Inside Climate News A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law — Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that polluted drinking water in a suburban…

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files.dep.state.pa.us Dep Order 20250306 Upper Makefield Pipeline Release (files.dep.state.pa.us)

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Appeared in: 2026-09-05 (#13) · 2026-09-07 (#11)

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