Homeowners Sue Yorktown Over Pipeline Park License
By Lanning Taliaferro for Yorktown/Somers Patch The town gave Spectra Energy permission to use part of 2 parks for the Algonquin pipeline expansion. (View full report)
As US rushes to build gas lines, failure rate of new pipes has spiked, September 9, 2015
As US rushes to build gas lines, failure rate of new pipes has spiked, September 9, 2015 https://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/Article.aspx?cdid=A-33791090-11060
Scientists want review of pipeline at Indian Point
by Ernie Garcia for LoHud The Union of Concerned Scientists asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to have an independent advisory committee review the criteria used to assess potential hazards from natural gas pipelines. (View full report here)
Legislators aim to stop pipeline project
New12 Westchester BUCHANAN – There’s a last ditch effort being waged to prevent a controversial gas pipeline project from going ahead in the Hudson Valley. Several Hudson Valley legislators and residents are asking the EPA to reconsider work permits granted to Spectra Energy. At a rally in Buchanan yesterday, the group claimed the plan is…
Stewart-Cousins Raises Concerns With Pipeline
from State of Politics Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins this week sent a letter to federal regulators urging them to halt the construction of a pipeline being constructed near the Indian Point nuclear plant. In the letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Norman Bay, Stewart-Cousins asks for work to cease on the project before an independent…
Stewart-Cousins airs Algonquin Pipeline concerns
by Jon Campbell for Politics on the Hudson Senate Democrat Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins took to the radio Monday to air her concerns about the Algonquin Pipeline expansion project. (View full report)
Politicians Write the Feds Again on the Pipeline Project Past Indian Point
by Lanning Taliaferro for The Patch Federal officials continue to give Spectra Energy the go-ahead to start the first pieces of its Algonquin pipeline expansion plan, which is being approved in pieces. However, local and state officials have again written to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to request an independent, in-depth risk assessment of the…
Algonquin Pipeline work raises concerns
by Kathy Kahn for the Rockland County Times Plans to expand existing pipeline next to Indian Point being aggressively fought. The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee on July 29 gave the go-ahead to Spectra Energy to start expanding its compressor station in Stony Point, adding two new ones and upgrading the existing compressor station, much to…
Does a Natural Gas Pipeline Run Too Close to Indian Point Nuclear Facility?
by Zack Fink for Time Warner Cable News, Capitol Region With the license for one its reactors up for renewal later this year, the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County is becoming a flashpoint of controversy for New York politicians and environmentalists. Now, there’s a new fight brewing over a natural gas pipeline…
Our Safety, Health and LivesBeing Sold Out to Spectra Energy
by Suzannah Glidden Why is the gigantic 42” diameter,high-pressure 850 psi Spectra EnergyAlgonquin methane (natural) gaspipeline with PA fracked gas boundfor export being sited next to IndianPoint nuclear facility? Why hasn’t anindependent risk assessment beenconducted as demanded by the public,US, state and localelected officials? (View full report on Page 5)
Pipeline critics leave NRC session with questions unanswered
by Colleen Wilson for Westfair Online Technology problems and miscommunication impeded an effort by boisterous opponents of a natural gas pipeline project in a conference call last week with a federal agency to discuss recently released documents about the project’s approval. The call – which was difficult to hear because of a poor connection –…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Withheld and Misrepresented Critical Information Used to Evaluate and Approve the Siting of the Spectra AIM Pipeline Alongside Indian Point
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Hendrick Hudson Library in Montrose, NY, at a special presentation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Petition Review Board, nuclear expert Paul Blanch revealed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission withheld and misrepresented critical information used to evaluate and approve the siting of the Spectra Algonquin…
Groups protest pipeline project near Indian Point
News12 Westchester PEEKSKILL – Environmental groups and families protested outside Sen. Charles Schumer’s office in Peekskill Monday over what they say is a dangerous pipeline project. The protesters are asking New York’s senior senator to denounce the AIM project, a natural gas pipeline adjacent to Indian Point. The new section of the Spectra Energy pipeline…
Peekskill residents protest expansion of Algonquin Pipeline
FiOS1 Lower Hudson Valley Residents say they are concerned about pollution and the safety of the proposed pipeline (View full report)
Approval of Natural Gas Export Terminal Debunks FERC’s Claim That Massive Pipeline Buildout Not For Export
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Van Dolsen No Pipeline Expansion (NOPE) 914-525-8886 svandolsen@gmail.com Approval of Natural Gas Export Terminal Debunks FERC’s Claim That Massive Pipeline Buildout Not For Export (May 29, 2015) A grassroots coalition, No Pipeline Expansion (NOPE), stated today that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) approval of Pieridae’s Goldboro liquefied…
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) 