WATER POLLUTION
EPA bails on mining case after Minn. balks
President Trump's EPA wants states in charge of enforcement. Sometimes that means pollution continues.
Mike Soraghan
Reporter
Mike writes enterprise and investigative stories, primarily on oil and gas drilling. Before coming to Energywire, he covered congressional leadership for The Hill newspaper and served as a Washington correspondent for The Denver Post. He has received awards from the National Press Club, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a Kiplinger Fellow in 2014 and participated in NICAR Bootcamp in 2013. He is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and a committee chairman and former board member at the National Press Club.
Latest Stories
NATURAL GAS
Pa. orders reroute of pipeline project after spill
Pennsylvania officials have ordered Energy Transfer to reroute its Mariner East 2 pipeline outside Philadelphia in response to a construction spill last month that contaminated a drinking water source.
PIPELINES
Biden win could spell the end for Dakota Access
A President Joe Biden could shut down the Dakota Access pipeline. And if he's elected, environmental groups and tribes will be pressuring him to do just that.
PENNSYLVANIA
Judge overturns shutdown of $3B pipeline project
A judge has overruled Pennsylvania environmental regulators and allowed Energy Transfer LP to resume underground drilling for the Mariner East 2 pipeline in the location of a reported spill.
PIPELINES
Mariner East spill reaches drinking water in Pa.
Energy Transfer Partners LP is cleaning up a new spill from construction of its Mariner East 2 pipeline that reached a drinking water source for parts of the Philadelphia suburbs, the latest in a string of setbacks for the controversial natural gas liquids project.