Comments on Pipeline Project Pour into FERC from Peekskill, Cortlandt

By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) As today’s deadline approached for comments on the Algonquin natural gas pipeline expansion proposed by Spectra Energy, written comments have poured into the Federal Energy Regulation Commission. The pipeline would run through Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties on its way to New England. (View full version here.)

Changed landscape adds to pipeline risks

by Courtney M. Williams – The Journal News Pipeline activists aren’t alarmists, the Algonquin Incremental Market Project is alarming. If the 26-inch Algonquin pipeline did not have an existing right of way through Westchester County, there is no possible way a 42-inch pipeline would even be considered through our area. Yet, we are facing the AIM…

Opponents, Union Workers Clash Over Pipeline Project

By Sue Guzman– Examiner Media Proponents and opponents of a controversial natural gas pipeline project mobbed the Muriel Morabito Community Center in Cortlandt last Monday night to weigh in on the controversial Algonquin Pipeline Project being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). (View full report)

Residents say “That’s enough!” to Spectra Pipeline

by Linda Schmidt (FOX5 News) Some families who live near the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester, N.Y., are hoping to take the steam out of a project to build a large gas line in the area. Several lines near the plant already provide energy for homes and businesses. They say that’s enough. (View…

Hen Hud Board Asks for Further Review of Algonquin/Spectra Pipeline

by  Ann Moritz Chesnut, Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch Cites proximity to schools and multiple safety concerns. The Hendrick Hudson School Board has approved a resolution regarding the proposed Algonquin/Spectra Gas pipeline project. In a resolution passed unanimously by the Board on September 10, the District asked both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the New York State Department…