By Itai Vardi, DESMOG A contractor hired last year by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review a proposed gas pipeline by Spectra Energy, had already been working for the company on a related project, a DeSmog investigation has found. View full report
Democracy Now! In Peekskill, New York, just about an hour north of New York City, residents have launched a blockade in efforts to stop the construction of a gas pipeline slated to run only hundreds of feet from the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant. The proposed project has sparked concerns from residents and nuclear…
Schumer, Gillibrand urge feds to freeze planned pipeline expansion near Indian Point, May 21, 2016 http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/freeze-pipeline-project-indian-point-schumer-gillibrand-article-1.2645250
Demonstrators arrested during protest against Algonquin pipeline project in Peekskill, May 21, 2016 http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudsonvalley/pipeline-protestors-arrested
Charles E. Shumer United States Senator for New York Senators Cite Impacted Communities’ Health, Environmental & Safety Concerns; Say That This Pass-Through Pipeline Burdens NY Communities With All the Risks Without Any Long-Term Benefits View full report
By Thomas C. Zambito, The Journal News New York’s two U.S. senators on Friday called on federal regulators to halt construction of a controversial natural gas pipeline that runs beside the Indian Point nuclear power plant.… View full report
By Itai Vardi, DESMOG A business advocacy group lobbied for the reappointment of a federal energy commissioner while one of its own members sought approval for several projects from the same federal regulator, a DeSmog investigation has found. View full report
By Jason, PRN.FM Revisiting Indian Point and the Gas Pipeline: Featuring environmentalist leader/organizers, Susan van Dolsen of SAPE 2016 and Nancy Vann of the Safe Energy Right Group in conversation with Alison Rose Levy, discussing the the escalating safety concerns at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant north of New York City. View full report
NYS Residents Demand Halting Spectra Energy’s AIM Gas Pipeline Construction After Spectra’s Massive Explosion – Request Completion Date of Governor Cuomo’s Risk Assessment, May 3, 2016 http://www.yonkerstribune.com/2016/05/nys-residents-demand-halting-spectra-energys-aim-gas-pipeline-construction-after-spectras-massive-explosion-by-suzannah-glidden
CPV Valley gas fired Power plant at center of probe backed Cuomo, sought contract, May 2, 2016 http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2016/05/power-company-at-center-of-probe-backed-cuomo-sought-contract-101248
Cuomo’s pipeline decision may have ripple effects for energy policy, April 27, 2016 http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2016/04/cuomos-pipeline-decision-may-have-ripple-effects-for-energy-policy-101093
by Dave Lucas for WAMC Two pipeline projects that would have crossed the northeast have been scrubbed: activists are now calling for a third pipeline to be stopped. Politicians and activists have stepped up their efforts to halt Spectra energy’s proposed AIM pipeline that would be routed through the lower Hudson Valley. (View full report…
by Akiko Matsuda for LoHud FERC has denied an earlier request by the governor to stop the work. (Photo: Photo courtesy of Erik McGregor) State lawmakers sent a letter Friday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, requesting on Earth Day that the agency stop the controversial Algonquin natural gas pipeline expansion project until an independent safety risk analysis is completed.…
by Allison Dunne for WAMC More than three dozen New York state lawmakers have signed a letter sent to a federal energy regulator. They want construction halted on a pipeline project until an independent safety risk analysis is completed. (View full report here)
by Eilis O’Neill for Deutsche Welle WorlLink A US energy company wants to expand and reroute the Algonquin pipeline, which carries shale gas across several eastern states. Fearing for her children’s safety, scientist Courtney Williams is leading the fight against it. (Listen to report here)
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) 