Pipeline Project Suspended in Rensselaer County – by C. Barton

On April 20th Kinder Morgan released a statement announcing that, “ Kinder Morgan Inc. and its subsidiary, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP) have suspended further work and expenditures on the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) project. “ In part, the statement reads that, “this decision was “as a result of inadequate capacity commitments from prospective customers.” The statement included several other factors that led to the suspension of the project.

Article in the 04-28 edition

The Express Newspaper April 28, 2016

Pipeline Controversy in Rensselaer County – by C. Barton

Rensselaer County- Rensselaer County is currently faced with the potential for a natural gas pipeline proposal that will run through several towns in the county.  In late 2014, fracking, a widely used gas extracting technique, became illegal in New York State after legislation was put in place to prohibit this practice, however this law does not address the transporting of natural gas

The entire article is in the 01/21 edition

The Express Newspaper – January 21, 2016