Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan opened a criminal investigation into Energy Transfer LP’s construction of the Mariner East natural gas liquids pipelines in Pennsylvania. “We have seen sinkholes created by the pipeline drilling, contaminated well water and some subtle and not-so-subtle bullying of Chester County citizens by big corporate interests,” Hogan said in a release on Wednesday. This is the latest in a long series of legal and regulatory actions against Energy Transfer over construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. “We vehemently deny any such wrongdoing and we take issue with the many factual inaccuracies contained in the District Attorney’s press release,” Energy Transfer said in a statement on Thursday, saying the company looked forward to opening a dialogue with the District Attorney’s Office. Mariner East transports liquids from the Marcellus and Utica shale fields in western Pennsylvania to customers in the state and elsewhere, […]