by Allison Dunne for WAMC Northeast Public Radio New York’s two U.S. senators and a Hudson Valley congresswoman have penned a letter to a federal agency, asking for a rehearing concerning a pipeline expansion project. Local elected officials have been filing similar letters. (View full report here)
To view video of the Town of Cortlandt press conference click here.
By TIM FAULKNER/ecoRI News staff Rhode Island is playing a part in a recent legal challenge to a $1 billion natural-gas pipeline expansion that would run through southern New England. Fossil Free RI is one of nine anti-pipeline groups, two municipalities and several politicians to file formal requests for a court hearing to vacate the…
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News A group of activists and elected officials are asking a federal regulator to reconsider its approval of the Algonquin pipeline expansion. In multiple petitions filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday the applicants argued that FERC’s March 3 approval of a natural gas pipeline expansion running through…
By LANNING TALIAFERRO (Patch Staff) Individuals, grassroots groups and towns from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts have formed a coalition to file a Request for Rehearing in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the first phase of Spectra Energy’s expansion program. (View full report here)
Carole Griffiths Community View for The Journal News Blue Mountain Reservation is a 1,538-acre county-run park in the northwest section of Westchester County. It features miles of trails and offers challenging hikes to the tops of two large peaks, Mt. Spitzenberg and Blue Mountain. The park is used heavily by the public. There is also…
MEDIA RELEASE March 20, 2015 Despite serious safety and security issues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued approval for Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project on March 3, 2015. Spectra’s project includes the installation of a massive 42-inch diameter high-pressure pipeline 105 feet from vital structures at the Indian Point nuclear facility, in…
Transcript of Proceedings: Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the risk assessment for the Algonquin Pipeline running adjacent to Indian Point (Download PDF of full transcript here)
By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) Residents from Rockland, Putnam, and Westchester Counties conducted a die-in at Spectra’s Atlantic Bridge Open House last night in Yorktown. They were protesting the expansion of the Algonquin Pipeline through New York and New England. In particular they object to the segmentation of the expansion into three projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory…
by Brian Marschhauser for Your Yorktown The much-debated expansion of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline, which currently runs beneath Yorktown and other municipalities in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, was approved last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). (View full report here)
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News The Algonquin gas pipeline is proposing larger pipes in the Lower Hudson Valley. Spectra Energy’s Atlantic Bridge Project would expand the delivery of natural gas to New England and Canada (View full report here)
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order Tuesday issuing a certificate for Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market Project stretching from New York through Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. (View full report here)
by Javier Simon for The Daily Voice PEEKSLILL, N.Y. – U.S. Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to allow an independent entity to study the potential impacts of the Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline expansion project, before giving it a final approval. (View full report here)
by Ernie Garcia for The Journal News New York’s two senators sent a letter Monday to the federal agency considering a natural gas pipeline expansion asking for more public input. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that the Algonquin pipeline expansion in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties raises many questions. (View…
issued by Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Feb 10, 2015 Dear Chairwoman LaFleur, As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) considers final approval of the Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline expansion (AIM) project, we urge you to ensure that the environmental, safety, and public health concerns of our constituents are thoroughly and substantially addressed…
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) 