During a press briefing on February 14th, President Trump discussed an executive order to create the National Energy Dominance Council and said that the Constitution Pipeline project should be revived. A rare example of Trump supporting the Constitution.
The president blasted New York for holding up a pipeline to New England and threatened to overrule state permitting power if necessary. He claimed that Constitution would reduce gas prices 50 to 70 percent. Fact check: the project was to move methane from the drilling fields of northeastern Pennsylvania to eastern Canada via reversing the flow in the Iroquois Pipeline. Additionally, Trump posted (incorrectly) on his social media on March 13th that the pipeline was “from New York State, whose people all want it.”
Read the full article by Brian Brock on the Franklin Local website.