Sentences with phrase «pipeline project in our state»

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The Nebraska Public Service Commission, a five - member regulatory body, voted 3 - 2 in favor of the project, which would give TransCanada permission to build the pipeline through the state.

US sanctions against Russian state conglomerate Rostec, as well as a dispute over North - South pipeline transport fees, have held up the $ 2 billion project since it was signed in 2015.

In the Enbridge case, the E.P.A. was asked to evaluate the potential environmental effect of the pipeline expansion application, as well as the quality of a preliminary review of the project that the State Department had already conducted.

Smith points to the threats the pipeline poses to British Columbia's tourism industry, rising floodwaters in Bangladesh and the Maldives, drought in sub-Saharan Africa and Mexico, the homes that will be lost in future forest fires, respiratory health impacts in communities from Vancouver to Kamloops and Quesnel, and future hurricanes in the Caribbean and Gulf states as climate impacts that are left out of the narrative about the project.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the UBIC, stated in a press release, «The UBCIC is opposed to the Enbridge Pipeline Project and stands with the many First Nations who are standing as a unified block in their opposition to this proposed Tar Sands pipeline.»

During his visit to the Irving Refinery on August 8th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated that the Energy East pipeline was not just about moving Alberta's energy to markets, but that the government would, make sure «that Canadians themselves benefit from these projects and from that gain in energy security.»

That position has, in part, led to repeated delays for another high - profile TransCanada project, the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,172 - mile long underground oil pipeline project in the United States.

Mass Audubon has submitted an amicus brief to the Berkshire Superior Court in support of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office for their defense against the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Connecticut Expansion, a proposed natural gas pipeline project that is trying to remove protections on state land designated for permanent conservation.

Mass Audubon is engaged in the review of natural gas pipeline expansion projects proposed in Massachusetts, including alignments that would impact Mass Audubon's land as well as other state, municipal, and private conservation lands.

Mass Audubon is also engaged in the review of other natural gas pipeline expansion projects proposed in Massachusetts, including alignments that would impact Mass Audubon's land as well as other state, municipal, and private conservation lands.

New York state lost a jurisdiction dispute with the FERC, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to review whether the federal energy regulator had big - footed the state when it gave the green light to a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Orange County.

National Fuel Gas CEO Ronald J. Tanski, stung by the rejection of a major pipeline expansion project and a steep reduction in the size of a utility rate increase request over the past month, told analysts that the Amherst - based energy company is «getting lousy regulatory treatment in New York State.»

In the project pipeline, 728 MW of community solar projects are planned, and the governor reports the state receives on average 900 applications monthly for residential systems.

There are several Gas Pipelines, which will transport Hydrofracked Gas from the Marcellus Shale region and other states, despite the fact that many of the wells especially in PA are already showing signs of being exhausted, and that is why there is much attention on the Southern Tier and Lower Western portion of NYS; the Delaware Valley and Catskill region south to New Jersey, where the «Industry» is slated to construct 100,000 new wells; an estimated 8.9 % of which will leak and contaminate our water resources according to the «Solutions Project» led by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University and other noted scholars from other institutions, (Cornell University and Pepacton Institute).

Since five of the nine cities and villages in the Hudson Valley in the path of the proposed pipeline have passed resolutions opposing the Pilgrim Pipeline project, the environmental groups say further state review is a waste of resources.

In another twist in the Cuomo administration's Competitive Power Ventures scandal, the pipeline company building a nearly eight - mile natural gas line to the proposed CPV plant is suing the state for what it claims is an unlawful delay of the projecIn another twist in the Cuomo administration's Competitive Power Ventures scandal, the pipeline company building a nearly eight - mile natural gas line to the proposed CPV plant is suing the state for what it claims is an unlawful delay of the projecin the Cuomo administration's Competitive Power Ventures scandal, the pipeline company building a nearly eight - mile natural gas line to the proposed CPV plant is suing the state for what it claims is an unlawful delay of the project.

In addition, a number of gas pipeline projects have been proposed for the state.

In an statement via email, New York State Thruway Authority spokesman Dan Weiller said, «There is no pipeline proposal before the Thruway Authority at this time and any decision to proceed with a project would require a thorough analysis by Thruway, compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and approval by the board of directors.

Another seven design - build projects are in the pipeline, according to the state Department of Transportation.

«The proposed pipeline threatens important resources of regional and statewide concern including... state regulated wetlands, the Ramapo River Watershed, the Karst Aquifer Region (which is) a priority project designated in the NYS Open Space Conservation Plan,» Rosendale officials wrote.

Massive gas pipelines planned for the Northeast can expect fiercer opposition in coming weeks, now that a five - state Green party alliance has joined the fight to stop two of the biggest pipeline projects.

Most of the pipeline's federal permits have already been approved and the project developers have already shipped all of the pieces into the state and even began clearing trees in Pennsylvania.

Other state and local dignitaries came along and took turns as tour guides, pointing out both recently - completed projects and ones in the pipeline.

A New York State Assemblyman says he arranged for bus transportation for those who want to join in opposing a controversial water pipeline construction project in Orange County.

Both state and pipeline representatives, in similar email responses, have declined to discuss how much money is at stake for the proposed use of about 117 miles of Thruway corridor for the $ 553.2 million project.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation held a public hearing Thursday in Rockland County's Stony Point concerning a proposed pipeline expansion project.

In March, the US State Department stated that the project was unlikely to have much impact on the rate at which Canada's oil sands are developed, suggesting that the oil would be transported by rail if the pipeline were not built.

The research is part of Pipeline Research Council International's Right Of Way Automated Monitoring (RAM) Project, which is looking at innovative technologies to improve and automate pipeline monitoring in the United States and internationally.

Building on the success of its $ 400 million in commitments across 21 projects and robust pipeline of deals, NY Green Bank is today committing to work with the private sector to raise new funds, assist other states in the establishment of new Green Bank offices, and provide capacity to those new Green Banks for back - end services including due diligence, underwriting and general technical support.

In 2016, double - digit job growth is expected to continue with another 1,000 additional jobs created as a result of the state's robust solar project pipeline.

«Treating this pipeline facility and company differently than all other regulated projects and entities that operate in Vermont would arguably run afoul of federal pre-emption principles that explicitly bar states from regulating oil pipeline safety; potentially constitute an impermissible attempt to nullify the President's exercise of his foreign affairs power under the U.S. Constitution as reflected in the Presidential Permits issued to Portland Pipe Line and potentially impose an unconstitutional burden on foreign or interstate commerce.»

According to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other oil industry groups have been directing state legislators to make public and legislative statements in favor of the pipeline project, and have provided legislators with draft legislation, language for op - eds and testimony to be presented as their own.

Scenic View was not only the first dairy in Michigan to install an anaerobic digester, it was also the first project in the United States generating both electricity and pipeline - grade natural gas.

The top states for community solar (including projects in the pipeline) are Minnesota, California, Massachusetts, and then Colorado.

In the US Southwestern states of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Utility Scale PV has an estimated gross project pipeline of 12.8 GigaWatts (GW) as shown in the above Summary and Closing Comments slidIn the US Southwestern states of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Utility Scale PV has an estimated gross project pipeline of 12.8 GigaWatts (GW) as shown in the above Summary and Closing Comments slidin the above Summary and Closing Comments slide.

California Feed - in Tariff programs have the realistic potential to add 1.85 GW to the state's PV project pipeline.

The State Department estimated in 2011 that the pipeline would create «5,000 to 6,000 direct construction jobs,» but noted that the project «would not have a significant impact on long - term employment»:

«If the climate change effects of the Keystone XL pipeline are not considered to be significant, it is unclear whether there is any individual project in the United States that would ever be considered significant.»

Those campaigns fell short of obstructing pipeline projects, but environmental advocacy groups have succeeded in blocking natural gas development in New York and other states.

Looking at each project in isolation ignores the bigger picture — the State Department's series of decisions on individual pipelines will cumulatively have massive climate implications.

For example, the State Department's EIS for Keystone XL claimed that the approval of any one pipeline project is unlikely to have significant climate impacts because other tar sands pipelines are sure to be built in the future, allowing unchecked tar sands expansion in any scenario.

Let's just remember that in addition to the project's well - discussed national benefits there are thousands of Nebraskans — a number of them on hand at the «pipeline picnic» in Omaha — who're eager to build the pipeline and see its benefits become reality in their state.

Indeed, our analysis supports recent comments in the EPA's review of the State Department's final impact statement that, with oil prices in a sustained range of $ 65 - $ 75, «construction of the pipeline is projected to change the economics of oil sands development and result in increased oil sands production, and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions, over what would otherwise occur» [2].

In preparing its EIS for the Alberta Clipper expansion, the State Department has an obligation to analyze the project's cumulative climate impacts in the context of Keystone XL and other past and future tar sands pipelineIn preparing its EIS for the Alberta Clipper expansion, the State Department has an obligation to analyze the project's cumulative climate impacts in the context of Keystone XL and other past and future tar sands pipelinein the context of Keystone XL and other past and future tar sands pipelines.

In the longer - term, developers may need to lobby for a change to the Jones Act and other cabotage laws, or work with state governments to ensure that there is a sufficient pipeline of projects to justify the construction of purpose - built Jones Act installation vessels.

The first and a subsequent update considered New York State projects that had been permitted to see if there was replacement power in the pipeline that could replace its output.

For examples of what ALEC has already been busy with this year, check out PR Watch's roundup of 77 anti-environmental ALEC bills that have popped up in state legislatures in 2013, supporting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project, rolling back renewable energy incentives and making it illegal to document animal abuse, among other issues.

Governor Cuomo highlighted in his State of the State that there are 325 megawatts of community solar advancing in the pipeline — we look forward to working with the Administration to make sure those projects, and more, are built.»

In Florida, for example, the Sabal Trail underground pipeline — a project of Florida Power and Light and Next Era Energy — will cost over $ 3 billion and run nearly 500 miles through Georgia and Florida to provide more than 1 billion gallons of natural gas to the state daily.