It started in 2013 based on the lie that the Northeast needed more gas. It was called the Algonquin Incremental Markets project - a name that should have tipped off regulators that it was being illegally ‘segmented’
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At the New York end it runs about 100 feet from parts of the Indian Point nuclear plant. Just 25 miles north of New York City.
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The plant’s evacuation area would include the UN & the financial center of the world
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So the initial Environmental Impact Statement was approved without meaningful review - much like the current situation in #Weymouth
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When his request was denied he commissioned an independent State risk review.
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Now I’m barred from attending FERC’s nominally ‘public’ meetings.
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But a letter to FERC requests that the gas be turned off in 2021
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Not compatible with a 42-inch high pressure pipeline.
So where would that leave the #WeymouthCompressor?
A stranded asset on a toxic waste field.
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They don’t need to throw more money down this rabbit hole.
We WILL defeat them. It would be nice to bankrupt them. But not at the expense of the residents harmed in the meantime.
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How much is that risk worth in campaign dollars?
@grumpygrumpyowl @nathanpboston @revgle
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Hope everyone along this whole pipeline route will do the same. Please read this thread & forward
@SusanVanDolsen @RickieHarvey @ClimateDisobey @SEnRGorg @SAPE2016 @SaneEnergy @agreenewyork
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