Algonquin pipeline work would require clearing parkland

by Elizabth Gange for The Journal News The project to replace more than 15 miles of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline through northern Rockland, Westchester and a corner of Putnam will significantly impact a state park, a county park, several local green spaces, a Boy Scout camp and other recreation facilities. In order to pull out the…

Multi-State Residents Coordinate Week Of Action Against Spectra Pipeline

by Nicole Briggs for Yorktown Daily Voice PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Grassroots groups from along the proposed route for Spectra’s Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline expansion, which cuts through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have joined together to host a “Week of Respect and Resistance” with actions from Dec. 13 to Dec. 19 in opposition to the project. (View…

Fight against Algonquin pipeline expansion reaches 11th hour

by Mark Lungariello for Westchester County Business Journal   A meme posted to the Facebook page of a local activist group shows Homer Simpson with his hands to his head and his eyes wide as he looks down at the controls of a nuclear power plant. “D’oh!” the meme says up top. Below, it continues, “Indian Point…

County Concerned about Pipeline Expansion in Cortlandt Park

Janine Bowen | Nov 18, 2014 | (for The Examiner) The proposed Algonquin Pipeline Expansion has been an area of contention throughout the region over the past few months, and last week Westchester County Legislators were focused on the impact the project would have on the Blue Mountain Reservation in Cortlandt. (View full report here.)

Westchester BOL Committee Members Troubled by Possible Environmental Impact from Pipeline Expansion on County’s Blue Mountain Reservation

by Tom Staudter for Patch In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) delivered yesterday afternoon, several members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) Labor, Parks, Planning & Housing Committee expressed their serious concern with the environmental impacts of the proposed Spectra Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM ) natural gas pipeline expansion…

Rally Held Against Proposed Pipeline

by Cassandra Huerta (The Daily Voice) PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – On Saturday, Oct. 25, a coalition of citizens groups held a rally in Peekskill’s Pugsley Park to call attention to the proposed Algonquin pipeline expansion that would cut through Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties on its route from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts. (View full report here.)

Officials Join Forces to Bash Pipeline at Peekskill Rally

by Rick Pezzullo for The Examiner Representatives from municipalities directly affected by a proposed expansion of natural gas pipeline banded together Saturday in Peekskill to vehemently oppose the controversial project. “This pipeline is frightening. It is not safe for our communities,” said Courtney Williams, a cancer research scientist and member of Concerned Peekskill Residents (CPR). (View full…