"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) rejected a permit to build a controversial pipeline that would lock the nation’s largest city into decades of dependence on fracked gas when scientists say the world needs to rapidly wean off fossil fuels.
The proposal for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline ― better known as the Williams Pipeline, after the Oklahoma company behind the project ― is to lay a new conduit under Lower New York Bay to carry gas from hydraulic fracturing sites in Pennsylvania to homes in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island.
Methane, the primary component in fracked gas, produces potent emissions that, at least in the short term, trap more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. "
"Last summer, state officials in New York and New Jersey rejected the Williams Companies’ application for a permit for failing to meet environmental standards, but they did so “without prejudice,” inviting the company to reapply.
Yet as negotiations hit an impasse last fall, the London-based National Grid illegally imposed a moratorium on new gas hookups to put pressure on the states by illustrating the need for a new fuel supply line.
Studies from the nonprofit Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and two energy consultancies found no evidence of supply shortages.
Cuomo denounced National Grid’s moratorium as extortion and fined National Grid $36 million. "
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cuomo-williams-pipeline_n_5ebdbe5dc5b6c9c1874157a6
Anyone find it Odd that NY City has a "London-based" company to profit off American's most basic utility needs?
Still a Colony for the Oligarchs
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