{"id":217003,"date":"2026-06-12T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217003\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T01:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:26:16","slug":"epa-urges-new-york-to-reconsider-fracking-ban-for-pennsylvania-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217003\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA urges New York to reconsider fracking ban for Pennsylvania pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Trump administration is pushing for a natural gas pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania, but New York&#8217;s fracking ban threatens to derail the project.  The Lancaster County loop is part of the proposalThe proposed pipeline includes a 10-mile loop in Quarryville, Lancaster County, within the Susquehanna Valley. It is designed to deliver enough natural gas to meet the daily needs of approximately 3 million homes.  EPA Chief urges New York to reconsider its positionEPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said New York&#8217;s stance on fracking could effectively block the pipeline and called on state officials to reconsider.  &#8220;Millions of New Englanders are desperate for New York to allow a pipeline to be built through it to deliver Pennsylvania natural gas to millions of New Englanders. In order for that to happen, that pipeline travels through New York. This isn&#8217;t just about the future of property owners, businesses, welcome municipalities and regions here in New York. It&#8217;s also about deciding the future for millions of our fellow Americans in New England,&#8221; Zeldin said.  Hochul spokesperson criticizes the projectA spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told local media that the EPA is taking the country backward with this project.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is pushing for a natural gas pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania, but New York&#8217;s fracking ban threatens to derail the project.  <\/p>\n<p>The Lancaster County loop is part of the proposal<\/p>\n<p>The proposed pipeline includes a 10-mile loop in Quarryville, Lancaster County, within the Susquehanna Valley. It is designed to deliver enough natural gas to meet the daily needs of approximately 3 million homes.  <\/p>\n<p>EPA Chief urges New York to reconsider its position<\/p>\n<p>EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said New York&#8217;s stance on fracking could effectively block the pipeline and called on state officials to reconsider.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Millions of New Englanders are desperate for New York to allow a pipeline to be built through it to deliver Pennsylvania natural gas to millions of New Englanders. In order for that to happen, that pipeline travels through New York. This isn&#8217;t just about the future of property owners, businesses, welcome municipalities and regions here in New York. It&#8217;s also about deciding the future for millions of our fellow Americans in New England,&#8221; Zeldin said.  <\/p>\n<p>Hochul spokesperson criticizes the project<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told local media that the EPA is taking the country backward with this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration is pushing for a natural gas pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania, but New York&#8217;s fracking ban&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[94894,530,94902,41153,94895,94899,10280,3685,94900,7165,66363,76856,94901,237,94897,94896,28,30,29,94898,48570,20118,94904,76855,2483,723,94903],"class_list":["post-217003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-10-mile-loop","tag-ban","tag-enough-natural-gas","tag-epa","tag-epa-administrator-lee-zeldin","tag-fracking-ban","tag-future","tag-lancaster-county","tag-lancaster-county-loop","tag-million","tag-natural-gas-pipeline","tag-natural-gas-pipeline-project","tag-new-englanders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-fracking-ban","tag-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-pipeline","tag-pipeline","tag-property-owner","tag-proposalthe","tag-quarryville","tag-susquehanna-valley","tag-trump-administration","tag-welcome-municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}