The Spectra Energy company could build a controversial natural gas pipeline through the heart of one of the world’s busiest transportation hubs regardless of the New York-New Jersey Port Authority’s concerns about public safety and other matters, an agency official said this morning. Kenneth Swann, a New York-New Jersey Port Authority Deputy Program Director who
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In a letter filed today with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey laid out a series of concerns the agency said remain unaddressed and could ultimately scuttle the agency’s support for the proposed Spectra Energy natural gas pipeline project. “Should FERC’s ultimate recommendation on final pipeline alignment and certification
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The number of natural gas pipeline incidents — natural gas leaks or natural gas explosions — in New York City shot up dramatically in 2011, increasing by 400 percent compared to the previous year, according to documents obtained by NaturalGasWatch.org. According to records obtained from the Pipeline & Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA,) the federal
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A massive natural gas explosion on Sept. 9, 2010, killed eight people, injured more than 50 others and destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes. Initially, neighborhood residents and reporters thought it was a plane crash that caused the explosion, which was later determined to have been caused by a ruptured natural gas pipeline owned
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In an exclusive interview with NaturalGasWatch.org, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY21) called the recent arrest of “Gasland” director Josh Fox “censorship based on viewpoint” and a politically motivated attempt to obscure Congressional proceedings. “There have been situations before where people who were not credentialed were allowed to film … (this incident) struck me as censorship based
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Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere, cut off from all media access, you have undoubtedly heard that filmmaker Josh Fox, the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary, “Gasland,” was arrested yesterday as he tried to film a Congressional subcommittee hearing on an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency into whether or not hydraulic
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Josh Fox, the director of the Academy-Award nominated film, “Gasland,” was placed under arrest at the behest of House Republicans this afternoon as he tried to film a Congressional committee hearing on fracking. From the UK Guardian: Josh Fox was ejected from the hearing, on drinking water contamination and fracking, after Republicans objected to having
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