Protesters Block Gas Pipeline Near Nuclear Plant near NYC
DemocracyNow.org
Randi Kearn M/W 5:30pm
Spectra company is trying to build a gas line 400 feet from Indian Point Nuclear power plant. This is including neighborhoods, schools, and people are mad, and scared.
If the gas line were to rupture, the consequences would be catastrophic. 20 million people in the New York City area are at risk of exposure of radiation and toxic chemicals.
Governor Cuomo has been trying to get the nuclear plant shut down with no success. He sent a letter to FERC (Federal Emergency Regulatory Commission) The groups that are trying to stop the pipeline from being built are SAPE,( Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion) FANG, (Fighting against Natural Gas), and residents in the area.
They have brought in a large shipping container for 2 of the protesters to live in, in the middle of the construction area. Several have been arrested for making a chain across worker's paths. The container is fully sustainable and the protesters can lock themselves in.
Several people expressed their concern, some with small children who go to the school nearby. Even a nuclear expert said that this would be catastrophic if the gas line were to break, worse than Chernobyl and Fukushima.
If this were happening in California the whole state would be on board. It's crazy to think of 1, putting a nuclear power plant so close to a city, but 2, putting in a gas line next to it. What's wrong with these people? What do we have to do to stop them? You would think a little common sense, that maybe the head of the corporation might say, "no, we are not going to do this, it's incredibly dangerous"! DUH!
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