"We are delivering 37,000 Petition Signatures to Governor Cuomo's NYC Office to Stop Spectra.

Tell Governor Cuomo: Time to direct the DEC to Reject the Water Permit for Spectra’s illegally segmented Atlantic Bridge pipeline project. 

BACKGROUND:
Recently Spectra’s Atlantic Bridge project, the second phase of their illegally segmented Algonquin pipeline expansion was prematurely approved by FERC and New York State is considering issuing a water quality permit for the project which would enable construction to go forward. Spectra is pressing for the approval as soon as possible so they can begin to cut trees before April 1st and begin construction. New York State should not be approving water permits for a project that is linked to significant risk of nuclear disaster impacting 20 million New Yorkers, and will contaminate our waterways and wetlands, ensure more air pollution, and destroy our health and climate.
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Governor Cuomo and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation have called for a risk assessment of the Spectra Algonquin pipeline expansion. No water permit should be issued before this assessment is completed and thoroughly reviewed!
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Despite repeated warnings from numerous leading national pipeline, nuclear and disaster preparedness experts, Spectra Energy received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to expand their Algonquin pipeline. Recently, the first phase of that expansion – the 42 inch diameter, high pressure Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) gas pipeline became operational and was constructed only 105 feet from critical safety infrastructure at the old, accident-prone Indian Point nuclear plant in northern Westchester near 2 earthquake fault lines. The experts warned that a pipeline rupture at Indian Point could result in a nuclear disaster worse than Fukushima and threatens more than 20 million people who live in the New York tri-state area.* Even if Indian Point is shut down – still years away – a pipeline rupture poses disastrous risks to millions of New Yorkers due to 45 years of highly radioactive spent fuel permanently stored on site. Governor Cuomo and NYS DEC Commissioner Seggos must stop ignoring safety experts’ warnings about the permanent catastrophic risks to New Yorkers posed by the giant Spectra AIM pipeline and further expansions.
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Spectra illegally segmented its massive Algonquin pipeline expansion into 3 separate projects: Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM), Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast, to avoid a full evaluation of the cumulative impacts. 
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Governor Cuomo recently stated that New York “must double down by investing in the fight against dirty fossil fuels and fracked gas from neighboring states” yet, New York continues to issue permits for dangerous, polluting and climate destroying fossil fuel pipelines and power plants in our communities polluting our air and water supplies, destroying our health and climate. New York must stop approving fracked gas pipelines like Spectra Energy’s massive Algonquin pipeline expansion (AIM, Atlantic Bridge and Access Northeast) and fast track to 100% renewable energy.
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View 2 minute video: The Nuclear Power Plant and the Giant Gas Pipeline:https://youtu.be/-nO-KLsji6w
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*New York tri-state area including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, New York City, Long Island, Ulster, Orange, parts of New Jersey and Connecticut.