Constitution Pipeline
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 22, 2016 - 5:34 pm
Above: A natural gas pipeline being constructed. Photo courtesy of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Just in time to celebrate Earth Day, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that it has denied a water quality... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Mar. 11, 2016 - 6:01 pm
Above: The cover of a federal impact statement for the proposed Constitution Pipeline.
Opponents of a proposed natural gas pipeline are cheering the news that its opening will be delayed at least into next year.
Constitution Pipeline Company LLC announced... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 - 1:11 pm
Above: A pair of compressors are part of a complex that is included in the proposal for the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, as seen in this artist's rendering. The complex would straddle the line between the Delaware County town of Franklin and the... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Sep. 14, 2015 - 7:18 pm
Nearly 80 people gathered on a hillside in the Delaware County town of Franklin on Saturday, Sept. 12 to protest proposed natural gas pipelines and a planned gas compressor station. The site was chosen because it overlooks a field which is on the planned... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Jun. 12, 2015 - 12:41 pm
Above: Jan Mulroy of Franklin, an opponent of gas pipelines and compressor stations, delivers a petition containing over 500 signatures of like-minded residents to the Franklin Town Council. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A farm in the Delaware County town of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 13, 2015 - 10:03 pm
Above: Jim Gateley standing in the wreckage of his home a few days after it was destroyed. On March 13, 1990, leaking propane from a pipeline exploded in a massive fireball that engulfed the village of Blenheim. Gateley, who was in his house during the... Read more
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