by Ernie Garcia for LoHud The Union of Concerned Scientists asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to have an independent advisory committee review the criteria used to assess potential hazards from natural gas pipelines. (View full report here)
from State of Politics Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins this week sent a letter to federal regulators urging them to halt the construction of a pipeline being constructed near the Indian Point nuclear plant. In the letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Norman Bay, Stewart-Cousins asks for work to cease on the project before an independent…
by Jon Campbell for Politics on the Hudson Senate Democrat Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins took to the radio Monday to air her concerns about the Algonquin Pipeline expansion project. (View full report)
by Lanning Taliaferro for The Patch Federal officials continue to give Spectra Energy the go-ahead to start the first pieces of its Algonquin pipeline expansion plan, which is being approved in pieces. However, local and state officials have again written to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to request an independent, in-depth risk assessment of the…
by Zack Fink for Time Warner Cable News, Capitol Region With the license for one its reactors up for renewal later this year, the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County is becoming a flashpoint of controversy for New York politicians and environmentalists. Now, there’s a new fight brewing over a natural gas pipeline…
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Hendrick Hudson Library in Montrose, NY, at a special presentation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Petition Review Board, nuclear expert Paul Blanch revealed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission withheld and misrepresented critical information used to evaluate and approve the siting of the Spectra Algonquin…
News12 Westchester PEEKSKILL – Environmental groups and families protested outside Sen. Charles Schumer’s office in Peekskill Monday over what they say is a dangerous pipeline project. The protesters are asking New York’s senior senator to denounce the AIM project, a natural gas pipeline adjacent to Indian Point. The new section of the Spectra Energy pipeline…
FiOS1 Lower Hudson Valley Residents say they are concerned about pollution and the safety of the proposed pipeline (View full report)
Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) 