by Carol Reif for The Daily Voice BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Saying that the safety of residents is at stake, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he has directed several state agencies to demand that the Algonquin Pipeline project be halted until the state can complete a “risk review.” (View full report)
by Fios1 News Lower Hudson Valley A group of 11 protesters were arrested Monday morning in Verplanck, accused of blocking the entrance to the Algonquin pipeline worksite. The protesters were fighting against Spectra Energy’s plan to expand the pipeline near Indian Point nuclear power plant. They say a pipeline rupture near a nuclear power plant…
By Keith Goldberg for Law360 New York (February 29, 2016, 3:01 PM ET) — New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to block construction of a $971 million gas pipeline project running through New York to New England, saying that his state needs to evaluate the project’s safety risks, especially…
by Linda Perry (WBAI News) Governor Cuomo asked the Federal Government to Stop the Algonquin Pipeline near Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. He ordered an immediate independent safety analysis due to the proximity to the troubled Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants in Buchanan, New York. Activists are rejoicing over this. Courtney Williams, a spokesperson for ResistAIM said “We strongly support…
By Katie Herzog for Grist What’s scarier than an aging nuclear power plant? An aging nuclear power plant next to a natural gas pipeline. That could be the new reality for the Indian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power station located in Westchester County, just 45 miles north of Manhattan. A proposed expansion of a natural gas pipeline across the power…
By Casey Seiler, Capitol bureau chief Albany Times Union Gov. Andrew Cuomo, never a fan of the Indian Point Nuclear Facility, has commanded four state agencies — the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Public Service Commission, Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Department of Health — to issue a letter calling on the Federal…
from News12 BUCHANAN – Eleven people were arrested this morning while protesting a drill site for the AIM pipeline. Some members of the ResistAim Pipeline group had to be carried away by state troopers from the front of Spectra Energy’s construction site just a few hundred feet from the Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan. (View…
By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) Eleven opponents of the Algonquin pipeline expansion were arrested Monday morning during a protest in Cortlandt. This is the second time a group of protesters was arrested for halting work on the pipeline: a group blocked access to their construction yard Nov. 9. (View full report)
by Joseph Spector for LoHud ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday urged the federal government to halt construction of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline, citing the potential dangers of its proximity to the Indian Point nuclear plant. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Cuomo administration urged the agency to postpone…
by Matt Spillane for LoHud CORTLANDT – Protesters arrived with signs in hand and left in handcuffs Monday after blocking the entrance to the Algonquin pipeline construction site, police said. Eleven people were arrested in Verplanck, where they blocked two entrances to Spectra Energy’s work areas for the Algonquin natural gas pipeline project, state police…
by Lisa W. Fodoraro BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Every so often, catastrophes prompt fresh worries about the Indian Point nuclear power plant, whose twin domes loom over the Hudson River about 45 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. In 2001, the terror attacks on Sept. 11 spurred calls to shut down the two reactors here, amid concern of a…
Indian Point Leak of Radioactive Water Highlights Risks of New Spectra Energy Gas Pipeline Residents and activists call for politicians to include new pipeline threat in safety investigation of Indian Point Buchanan, NY– On Saturday, Feb. 6, Governor Andrew Cuomo reported a serious leak of radioactive, contaminated water from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant…
By LANNING TALIAFERRO – Patch The groundwater contamination has gotten attention from activists and politicians. Peekskill-Cortlandt, NY View full report
By Claire Bernish – The Anti Media SOTT (Sign of the Times) Indian Point Energy Center, which sits roughly 30 miles from the heart of Manhattan in New York City, has been plagued with safety breaches and leaks, and has even been the subject of a deliberate cover-up since it began operations in the 1970s. View full report
Westchester, NY– Congressman Eliot L. Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision not to grant a rehearing of its order approving the construction of the Algonquin Natural Gas Pipeline next to the Indian Point nuclear facility: View…
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