Climate Changed
The Company Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Has Another Big Problem in Ohio
- Energy Transfer Partners behind Rover spills in wetlands
- Federal regulator could delay project’s slated Nov. 1 opening
A protester waves an American flag as an activist approaches the police barricade with his hands up on a bridge near Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
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Energy Transfer Partners LP is making a mess of its biggest project since the Dakota Access pipeline.
Construction of the $4.2 billion Rover natural gas line has caused seven industrial spills, polluted fragile Ohio wetlands and angered local farmers. The company owes $1.5 million in restitution after demolishing an historic house. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is furious and a federal energy regulator has launched a rare public investigation that threatens to delay the pipeline’s scheduled Nov. 1 completion.