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background: spectra
background: the risks
- Could it Happen Here?
- Cyber Attacks on Pipelines
- Failure Would be "Catastrophic"
- Fire Boat at Risk from Pipe
- Fire Dept. Warns of Risks
- Fracking
- Hey, What Could Go Wrong?
- NY's old gas lines could explode
- Pipeline Would Destroy a Good Chunk of Lower Manhattan
- Radon
- Radon Filing by Sierra Club
- Resnikoff Report on Radon
- Risks to West Village
- Steel mains draw scrutiny
- Thousands of gas leaks in US cities
events
green energy
important studies
media (film, radio, tv)
- Highlights West Village Hearing
- Mark Ruffalo Complete Testimony
- Mark Ruffalo Excerpt of Testimony
- Mark Ruffalo Fires Up OWS Rally
- Mayor Healy Testifies
- OWS March to Hearing
- Roundtable: Spectra & Fracking
- Roundtable: Spectra & Radon
- The Pipeline 101
- The Pipeline 102
- WBAI Radio
- West Village Hearing––C. Skopic
- West Village Hearing––D. Braun
- West Village Hearing––G. Engh
- West Village PSA
more info: local response
more info: regulation/lack of
- A Failure of the Entire System
- A Rash of Pipeline Accidents
- Aging Pipes, Deadly Hazards
- Basic Pipeline Info Unavailable
- Eminent Domain
- FERC Rubberstamps Approvals
- Halfhearted Pipeline Safety Bill
- Inadequacies of Regulation
- NPR: Policing a Vast System
- PBS Need to Know
- Pipeline Pigs That Don't Squeal
- Powerful Pipes, Weak Oversight
- ProPublica: Lax Regulations
- Remapping Debate Study
- San Bruno had prior leak
- Similar Pipes, Different Rules
- What makes a pipeline safe?
- Worries about Oversight
other pipelines
- A "Piecemeal" Approach–Illegal?
- A Regional Summary
- Algonquin (Spectra)–Map
- Algonquin (Spectra)–Map
- Constitution & Susquehanna Gathering System–Williams
- Constitution & Tennesee–WP
- Constitution Pipeline–Cabot
- Constitution Pipeline–Williams
- Iroquois Line–Map
- Millennium Pipeline–Map
- Minisink Compressor-SMCS
- Northeast Supply Diversification
- Northeast Supply Link–map
- Northeast Supply Link–Williams
- Pending Pipes–FERC
- Pre-Filed Pipeline/LNG–FERC
- Susquehanna Gathering System
- Tennesee 300 Line–Map
- Tennessee 300 Line–summary
- Tennessee System–wiki
- Tennessee– NJ maps
- The Rockaway Lateral–Visuals
- The Rockaway Lateral–Williams
- Tioga Expansion–Dominion
pipeline explosions
- Allentown, PA, Feb 2011
- Appomattux, VA, Sept 2008
- Cleburne, TX, June 2010
- Coney Island, NY, July 1996
- Cupertino, CA, Sept 2011
- El Paso, TX, Nov 2011
- Explosions week of 9/12
- Fairport Harbor, OH, Jan 2011
- Hurricane Irene, Aug 2011
- Moss Bluff Explosion
- NY Thruway, Aug 2011
- Philadephia, PA, Jan 2011
- Pinedale, WY, Dec 2011
- Queens, NY, April 2009
- Rancho Cordova, CA, Dec 2008
- San Bruno, Federal Investigation
- San Bruno, Sept 2010
- San Bruno, The Aftermath
- West Village, NY, Jan 2011
- What a 30" pipeline can do
- Wikipedia: explosions list
- Woodhull, NY, May 2012
pipelines and fracking
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Recent Posts
Why Not the Pipeline?
Top 10 reasons why the Spectra Pipeline is a terrible idea:
1) It’s a danger to local residents.
2) Spectra has a history of safety issues.
3) Pipeline regulation and oversight are sorely inadequate.
4) We don’t need more gas, demand is flat (see p27-28).
5) The gas is intended for export.
6) Projected supplies are limited. Shale gas is a bubble.
7) It increases the demand to frack.
8) Gas will worsen, not improve our air quality.
9) It could increase our risk from Radon.
10) It’s the wrong direction. Our future is renewable.
Need more info? Check out the links on the sidebar at right, or click here.
What can you do? Click on Action Alerts for what’s needed right now.
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Spectra Cited for 17 Safety Inadequacies
Natural Gas Watch reports that Spectra Energy has been cited by federal regulators for 17 inadequacies in its pipeline safety operations and procedures, such as surveillance, emergency plans and welding procedures. Spectra Energy Cited By Feds for Probable Pipeline Safety Violations – … Continue reading
Survey says . . . Filed Comments Show Overwhelming Opposition to the Pipeline
On October 31st, the deadline to submit public comment on the NJ-NY Expansion Project, otherwise known as the Spectra Pipeline, closed. It took a while for FERC to upload all the comments, as well as transcribe the oral comments from … Continue reading
HRPT Hearing, Thursday, May 31, 7pm:
VERY important meeting that could affect the Spectra Easement: The HRPT Hearing will discuss proposed changes to the Hudson River Park Act, including changes to time limits of easements and the potential addition of a stadium or residential development within the Park.
7pm, St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, between Fulton St. and Vesey St. (stay tuned HRPT has a habit of changing their meeting locations last minute)
(all trains to Fulton stop). More info here.
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Pipeline Approved by FERC
FERC has approved the Spectra Pipeline 3 weeks ahead of the earliest anticipated date, apparently reacting to requests for expedited approval from Con Ed, PSC and the Mayor’s Office. Stay tuned for next steps, we’ll update you shortly. Excerpts from the 68-page document, … Continue reading
Bloomberg and PSC Trying to Rush Pipeline Approval
As you know, Spectra has been touting their intention to start construction in June at every opportunity. Last week, filings to FERC from the Office of the Mayor and the Public Service Commission urged commissioners to expedite a decision on the Spectra pipeline at their … Continue reading
Community Board up in arms over DOT permit for Spectra
Wednesday night’s CB2 meeting in the West Village drew a lively discussion of the Spectra pipeline and the proposed DOT permit which would allow Spectra to bring their pipe out of the Hudson River and up onto the Gansevoort Peninsula. Residents … Continue reading
What Does a “Sound Abatement Curtain” Look Like?
On Monday night, Feb. 27th, The Waterfront Committee of Community Board 2 (CB2) met to consider a Department of Transportation (DOT) permit related to Spectra’s proposed plan. Any time the streets of the city are dug up, DOT must issue a … Continue reading
