Controversy Brewing Over Pipeline Station

by Lori Bordonaro WNBC Members of one Westchester County community are worried about a planned pipeline set to be expanded near an elementary school. “Spectra Energy, the company behind the project, wouldn’t comment on potential health risks.” (View full report here.)

Officials, Citizens Demand Better Environmental Impact Statement for Pipeline

by Courtney Williams (Patch Letter to the Editor) Monday was the final day for public comment on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Expansion. As expected, a flood of comments poured in from citizens, elected officials, non-profits, opposition groups, and New York State permitting…

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…