A board of high-ranking Maryland officials on Wednesday rejected a proposed TransCanada pipeline across the western part of the state that would carry natural gas produced in Pennsylvania to West Virginia. It would run under the Potomac River near Hanover, Maryland, and extend 4.8 kilometres from the Columbia Gas network in Pennsylvania to Mountaineer Gas distribution system in West Virginia. Comptroller Peter Franchot, a Democrat, cited testimony that the pipeline could bring Maryland environmental problems without economic benefits. The process is used to extract natural gas. Maryland was the first state where a legislature voted to bar the practice that actually has natural gas reserves.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2019 19:30 UTC