OK, "Dead" may be hyperbole. a "PAUSE" is more like it. Still, it's irrelevant. Put away your party hats. Industry has a backup plan. A couple of weeks ago, as Hillary Clinton was making stump speeches, she famously "came out against Keystone XL pipeline", after years of silence and fence-sitting (as she was selling Fracking to European nations). Now today, the news is that Enbridge will suspend its application. (But the blogosphere is reacting as if it were dead). Guess what? It … [Read more...] about The KXL is Dead! (But that’s irrelevant)

Friends, there are 3 fracked-gas infrastructure projects in NY which are at a critical stage. We really need a lot of eyes looking at 1) Constitution Pipeline, 2) CPV Valley, and 3) Spectra-Algonquin AIM. Let's look at AIM for a minute, a massive 42" high pressure gas pipeline through a densely populated residential neighborhood, and within 105'ft of critical structures at Indian Point, the "most dangerous nuclear power plant in the world". WHAT COULD GO WRONG with this plan?!! … [Read more...] about The Most Critical Safety Issue Facing NY today

Ordinarily, we would direct you to download these documents directly from the DEC's website here: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html But the DEC website appears to be down for the last 3 days. So, we've combined the FSGEIS and the response document into a single 2040 page document and uploaded it two additional locations, and provided short links to each. https://www.scribd.com/doc/265654558/NYS-DEC-Final-SGEIS-Hydrofracking-2015-Combined Short link: … [Read more...] about Final SGEIS, alternate download locations

Tree clearing is considered to be "pre-construction" by FERC. (h/t: Alex Lotorto) http://www.law360.com/articles/309079/ferc-greenlights-work-on-257m-pa-pipeline (behind a paywall, but relevant excerpt is below) Law360, New York (February 13, 2012, 5:45 PM ET) -- A federal agency on Monday authorized pre-construction tree clearing* in Pennsylvania for a $257 million gas pipeline project by Central New York Oil and Gas Co. LLC and denied a stay requested by environmental groups … [Read more...] about Tree Clearing for “Constitution Pipeline” start date: Feb 16th

Last week began a planned series of blockades against Texas-based Crestwood's gas storage facility under Seneca Lake, which many residents, local governments, and business owners feel is incompatible with the rural nature of this community, known for farming, tourism, and wine. I was there on the first day. This is a video record. A very powerful 9 minute video.   More info: http://WeAreSenecaLake.com   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbvV8cTDy_Q … [Read more...] about We Are Seneca Lake

Today the US Army Corps of Engineers may have dealt the DEATH BLOW to the ill-named "Constitution Pipeline". The application, a joint venture between Cabot Oil and Gas and Williams Companies (and 2 other partners) is ON THE MATT and DOWN FOR THE COUNT!   Before we take the boxing metaphor too far, let's break down what really happened...!   On 10/15/2014, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.: Filer: … [Read more...] about USACE delivers TKO to Constitution Pipeline!