By Rick Pezzullo – www.theexaminernews.com A planned high pressure natural gas pipeline received anything but a warm welcome from residents and officials in the City of Peekskill last week. Read the Full Article

By Richard Salit – providencejournal.com Out-of-state environmental activists have teamed up with Burrillville residents to fight a proposed upgrade of a local compressor station as part of a larger project to expand a pipeline carrying natural gas from New Jersey to New England. Read the Full Article

By Sam Barron – peekskill.dailyvoice.com PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — The Peekskill Common Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night, Aug. 12, to make sure a proposed 42-inch pipeline undergoes a comprehensive and transparent review process. Read the Full Article

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong – Philipstown.info PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. — Discusses financial bonding for county projects Read the Full Article

By Mark Lungariello – westfaironline.com Westchester County lawmakers are calling for a stricter review process for the planned expansion of a pipeline that pumps pressurized natural gas through the Hudson Valley region. Read the full article

By Mark Lungariello – westfaironline.com Westchester County lawmakers are calling for a stricter review process for the planned expansion of a pipeline that pumps pressurized natural gas through the Hudson Valley region. Read the full article

Westchester Board of Legislators – westchesterlegislators.com White Plains, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) announced today passage of a resolution calling for a stricter review process and full risk assessments in regard to the proposed expansion of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline through the county by Houston, Texas-based Spectra Gas Corporation. Read the Full…

By Rick Pezzullo – http://www.theexaminernews.com A resolution to alienate open space on Stony Street in Shrub Oak to allow for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that could lead to the development of two all-purpose fields and a full-size baseball diamond on the Granite Knolls site did not pass the muster of the Yorktown…

By Environmental Headlines — CT environmental news Residents of Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island gathered outside the Democratic Governors Association Thursday, using a puppet performance to protest the governors’ support for the natural gas industry. In particular, the demonstrators called on the governors to withdraw their support for Spectra Energy’s gas pipeline expansion proposal.…

By Ellen Cantarow, Truthout Since 2011 I’ve been writing about the impacts of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and about New York, where a powerful grassroots movement has made the state ground zero for barring drilling within town borders. But while some of my interviewees have become friends, I always used to feel…

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Citing fears of a disaster involving the Indian Point nuclear power plant, air pollution, and new emergency-response burdens, the Putnam County Legislature Tuesday night (May 6) called for a moratorium on expanding a controversial interstate natural gas pipeline until its impacts can be reviewed and serious hazards addressed. Read the full…

(Carmel, NY) Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (www.sape2016.org) is pleased to announce that a resolution passed the Putnam County Legislature by a vote of 8-1 on May 6, 2014. The resolution is a recognition by Putnam legislators that there are many unresolved questions and concerns regarding the Spectra Energy Partners Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project,…

By Janine Bowen – www.theexaminernews.com The Putnam County Legislature is considering imposing a moratorium on the proposed expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline. The expansion by Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC, which is a subsidiary of Spectra Energy Partners LP, aims to add a 42-inch pipeline to three existing pipelines under the Hudson River. One compressor station that…

By Janine Bowen – www.theexaminernews.com The Putnam County Legislature is considering imposing a moratorium on the proposed expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline. Read the full article