The Mariner East Pipeline
Boosters of an emerging
movement to develop Philadelphia as an energy hub were cautioned Tuesday that
they need to do more to sell a skeptical public, Andrew Maykuth writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Energy
consultants told a gathering of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
that public opposition may be the biggest obstacle to advancing the dream of a
Delaware River industrial revival tied to the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom.

“This
industry has not done a good job with public interface and informing the public
about the nature of the projects coming through their communities,” said
Andrew S. Levine, the cochair of the environment and energy practice at the law
firm of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young L.L.P.

“Julie Ross, a managing partner of Environmental Resources Management’s
Mid-Atlantic business unit in Philadelphia, told the group that “improper,
inappropriate” handling of key constituencies can impede infrastructure
projects.”

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