BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 2, 2021
A Maine natural gas company is withdrawing plans for a $90 million project announced earlier this year. In announcing the withdrawal, Summit Natural Gas alluded to political opposition to the gas pipeline that would have expanded natural gas access in Waldo and Knox counties. The pipeline project had attracted early support from leaders in Rockport and Belfast, but opposition was growing against the project, with groups like Sierra Club Maine campaigning against the “fracked gas line.”