FERC asks company to consider new route for Ohio pipeline project
Published: Friday, March 27, 2015 Federal regulators have asked the developer of a planned natural gas pipeline in Ohio to reroute the project to avoid populated areas.
Why on Earth Did the Feds Approve a High-Pressure Gas Pipeline Near a Nuke Plant?
By Alison Rose Levy / Alternet Nuclear safety expert: “We’re talking tens of millions of people who could be endangered.” A gas explosion leveled two buildings in New York’s East Village this past week, with two neighboring structures damaged, one still at risk for collapse, and 22 people injured, four of them severely. The fire…
View: Don’t give parkland for pipeline expansion
Carole Griffiths Community View for The Journal News Blue Mountain Reservation is a 1,538-acre county-run park in the northwest section of Westchester County. It features miles of trails and offers challenging hikes to the tops of two large peaks, Mt. Spitzenberg and Blue Mountain. The park is used heavily by the public. There is also…
FERC approved Spectra AIM despite serious safety and security issues
MEDIA RELEASE March 20, 2015 Despite serious safety and security issues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued approval for Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project on March 3, 2015. Spectra’s project includes the installation of a massive 42-inch diameter high-pressure pipeline 105 feet from vital structures at the Indian Point nuclear facility, in…
Connect The Dots – A Gas Pipeline Close to A Nuclear Power Reactor: What Could Go Wrong? – 03.17.15
A discussion of the risks of siting a new segment of Spectra’s Algonquin pipeline adjacent to Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. SAPE co-founder Susan VanDolsen discusses the issue with Connect the Dots host Alison Rose Levy. This situation epitomizes the problems with our current energy infrastructure oversight. Federal agencies are shirking their responsibilities and allowing…
Transcript of Proceedings: Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the risk assessment for the Algonquin Pipeline running adjacent to Indian Point
Transcript of Proceedings: Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the risk assessment for the Algonquin Pipeline running adjacent to Indian Point (Download PDF of full transcript here)
Algonquin Pipeline Foes Stage ‘Die-in’ Protest at Company’s Info Session
By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) Residents from Rockland, Putnam, and Westchester Counties conducted a die-in at Spectra’s Atlantic Bridge Open House last night in Yorktown. They were protesting the expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline through New York and New England. In particular they object to the segmentation of the expansion into three projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory…
Algonquin pipeline projects move along in approval processes
by Colleen Wilson, Westfair Online In the last month, Spectra Energy Partners LP has moved forward in the federal processes for two different projects on the Algonquin Gas Transmission line. Spectra intends to modify its natural gas pipeline in four states, including New York and Connecticut. It plans to replace sections of the pipeline with…
More Civil Disobedience Expected Against Local Natural-Gas Pipeline Project
By TIM FAULKER/ecoRI News staff PROVIDENCE — The banner held by climate activists outside the Statehouse on March 6 read: “Expect Resistance.” And it might be a sign of things to come. (View full report here)
Algonquin pipeline expansion approved
by Brian Marschhauser for Your Yorktown The much-debated expansion of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline, which currently runs beneath Yorktown and other municipalities in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, was approved last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). (View full report here)
Another Algonquin pipeline expansion proposed
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News The Algonquin gas pipeline is proposing larger pipes in the Lower Hudson Valley. Spectra Energy’s Atlantic Bridge Project would expand the delivery of natural gas to New England and Canada (View full report here)
Boston, state officials to take action after FERC’s decision on gas pipeline
By Julie M. Cohen for Wicked Local State and Boston officials were upset, but not surprised, that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently authorized Spectra Energy to move forward with the Algonquin Incremental Market Project (AIM) that includes West Roxbury Lateral, 4.1 miles of the gas pipeline that run through Westwood, Dedham and West Roxbury.…
Area Officials Rip Feds for Approving Pipeline Expansion
by Rick Pezzullo for The Northern Westchester Examiner Local elected officials criticized the federal government for approving the expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline project that will run through Cortlandt, Peekskill and portions of Yorktown. Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi said she was “angry” that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ignored virtually all of the concerns…
Algonquin gas pipeline wins feds’ OK
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order Tuesday issuing a certificate for Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market Project stretching from New York through Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. (View full report here)
Lowey Statement on FERC Approval of Algonquin Incremental Market Expansion Project
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to approve the Algonquin Incremental Market Expansion (AIM) project: “I am disappointed in FERC’s decision to approve the Algonquin Incremental Market Expansion (AIM) project. This decision…
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) 