dan mundy
Source: WilliamsThe controversial natural gas pipeline, proposed to run underneath the Rockaways, through Jamaica Bay, and into Floyd Bennett Field National Park, has been plodding along the approval process for several months, with the latest news being the issuance of an apparently favorable draft statement by the federal government. (Read
dan mundy
Source: Clean Ocean Action via the Queens ChronicleLocal environmentalists were outraged at Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed plan to place a fuel port 20 miles off the coast of New York Harbor. The Queens Chronicle is reporting [http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/liberty-natural-gas-seeks-to-build-port/article_53768a3a-f735-5cfe-912c-67f86eda7354.html] that Liberty argues
jacob riis park
Jamaica Bay Pipeline Source: WilliamsAfter months of protests [/opposition-to-proposed-pipeline-is-still-growing/], legal wrangling [/proposed-rockaways-pipeline-project-takes-another-step-forward/] and more last-minute protests [/opposition-to-the-jamaica-pipeline-barrels-on/], the controversial Jamaica Bay Pipeline project is now in construction. According to a report [http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/the-eye-opener/entry/city/2013/03/27/work-officially-begins-on-natural-gas-pipeline-p
carp
Source: WilliamsWe’ve extensively covered the evolution of the proposed Jamaica Bay Pipeline [/proposed-rockaways-pipeline-project-takes-another-step-forward/], a project which would run a natural gas line through the Jamaica Bay wetlands, underneath Jacob Riis Park and ending at Floyd Bennett Field, where a meter and regulating station will be placed in a hangar,
colin beavan
In November 2006, Colin Beavan was worried about the War in Iraq and its relation to climate change. He noticed that America was pumping money, time and resources into fighting a war he felt was only to acquire energy, yet all citizens were unhappy with the results. Rather than fight