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Chester County Calls for PUC Pipeline Shutdowns After Mariner East Construction Creates Sinkholes

Susan Phillips
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Libby Madarasz, a resident of Meadowbrook Manor, surveys the damage caused by Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.";

Chester County commissioners have asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to shut down two natural gas liquid pipelines. The move comes as Sunoco’s Mariner East construction created more than half a dozen sinkholes.

WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports the holes could expose operating lines.

(Original air-date: 7/26/21)

Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." Along with her reporting partner Scott Detrow, she won the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. She recently returned from a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.