Third Pipeline Project Under Scrutiny, April 23, 2016

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…

State lawmakers, in letter, demand feds halt pipeline project

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.…

WorldLink: Mother vs. pipeline

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)

NPR National News coverage of SAPE Rally

by Eilis O’Neill for NPR NPR National News coverage of the AIM Pipeline and yesterday’s rally. Coverage starts at 1:20. http://13523.mc.tritondigital.com/NPR_500005/media-session/ef3544f1-16b7-445e-8145-1147f446ff8f/anon.npr-mp3/npr/newscasts/2016/04/03/newscast050627.mp3?siteplayer=true&dl=1 NPR National News coverage of yesterday’s Rally. Coverage starts at 0:42. http://208.92.55.133/NPR_500005/media-session/b06358d9-d9e4-498e-b0c3-f68935a59514/anon.npr-mp3/npr/newscasts/2016/04/03/newscast230627.mp3?siteplayer=true&dl=1

How the AIM Pipeline Expansion Will Affect New York

Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Spectra Energy’s proposed AIM (Algonquin Incremental Market) pipeline expansion poses significant environmental, health and safety risks to residents in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Julia Walsh, Campaign Director for Frack Action, and Courtney Williams, a molecular biologist directly affected by the pipeline, talk about the expansion, and Spectra’s plan to install a massive high pressure pipeline 1500 feet…

“Gasland” filmmaker to screen new doc at Manhattanville Monday

by Kevin Phelan for The Journal News PURCHASE – Josh Fox, the Academy Award-nominated documentarian behind the “Gasland” films, will be at Manhattanville College Monday for a free screening of his new film, “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change,” and to lead a discussion. “We’ll be screening…

Spectra defies Cuomo: ‘Algonquin pipeline will continue’

By BRYAN FUMAGALLI for The Peekskill Post On Monday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for work on the Algonquin Pipeline to be halted due to its proximity to Indian Point, pending a safety risk analysis by multiple state agencies. On Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for Spectra Energy, the pipeline’s owner, told The Peekskill Post that “Algonquin pipeline…

Cuomo to feds: Stop Algonquin pipeline for more safety review

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…