Gas pipeline builder suspends work on Mass. project

BOSTON – Kinder Morgan suspended further work and spending on its Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project Wednesday, citing inadequate commitments from prospective customers. The line would help Massachusetts and New England meet energy needs but has been met by protests and uncooperative landowners across the state. Less than a year ago, in July 2015, the company's directors authorized its Tennessee Gas Pipeline unit to pursue the $3.3 billion project to run a pipeline from Wright

BOSTON – Kinder Morgan suspended further work and spending on its Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project Wednesday, citing inadequate commitments from prospective customers. The line would help Massachusetts and New England meet energy needs but has been met by protests and uncooperative landowners across the state. Less than a year ago, in July 2015, the company's directors authorized its Tennessee Gas Pipeline unit to pursue the $3.3 billion project to run a pipeline from Wright…