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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 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 Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 25, 2015 - 9:45 am
Members of a politically active Franklin farming family found one of their lambs decapitated outside their home on June 2, according to an article in the Daily Star.
In act reminiscent of the "horse head" scene in the movie "The Godfather," the lamb was... 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 Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 - 1:43 pm
Above: An underground natural gas pipeline right-of-way after completion. Photo courtesy of FERC.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is holding public hearings on whether or not to issue a permit to the Constitution Pipeline... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 - 9:04 pm
Above: The proposed route of the Constitution Pipeline in 2013. Via the Constitution Pipeline's website.
Since Dec. 12, the Constitution Pipeline has filed formal eminent domain proceedings against 55 landowners along the pipeline’s proposed 124-mile... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 - 3:01 pm
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Dec 12, 2014 at 10:12am PST
At a cabinet meeting that was open to the public today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York State Department of Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens and New York Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 - 5:39 pm
Above: Rush hour traffic in Andes, New York. Photo by Flickr user charltonlido, taken in 2010.
With a unanimous vote, the town board of the Delaware County town of Andes passed a local law banning oil and natural gas waste on Tuesday, Dec. 9, according... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 - 4:24 pm
Above: An excerpt from a letter sent to to landowners along the route of the Constitution Pipeline on Dec. 3. Read the full letter at the bottom of this story or by clicking here.
The day after receiving federal approval, the Constitution Pipeline sent... Read more
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