The possible widening of the regional Algonquin Pipeline in the next few years, which would transmit more shale gas to Northeast customers, prompted a forum at Mahopac Public Library earlier this month where dozens of locals got a better understanding of Spectra Energy Corporation’s plans and gave them an opportunity to express concerns over what…

I went to a public meeting in Mahopac last week. Today the word “enormity” occurred to me. I’m always surprised by this word seems like it should mean the quality of being very big, like Jupiter. But enormity primarily means “an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act.

A proposal to expand the Algonquin natural gas pipeline was described as a threat to the health and safety of residents during a meeting organized by over 50 groups that opposed the project on Dec. 11 at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library in Montrose.

More communities are discovering that risks are not confined to faraway rural well pads where the gas is fracked.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2013 Contact:  info@sape2016.org or 914-525-8886  (Montrose, NY) Over fifty groups from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts are joining the grassroots organization, Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE), in cosponsoring two critically important educational forums this week.  The first event will be held at Hendrick Hudson Library, 185…