Another Reason Why New York Will Be Our Fukushima

Governor must reveal risks of fracked gas pipeline near nuclear storage: View

Bette Ann Jaster, OPPublished 12:47 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2018

 

Sr. Bette Ann Jaster says the governor must make public the results of a risk assessment for a fracked-gas pipeline that runs by Indian Point. Video by Nancy Cutler/lohud Wochit

(Photo: SUBMITTED/Susan Van Dolsen)

We are in the midst of a worldwide crisis and climate change is its name. Drought, floods, fire and winds wreak havoc on soil, air, water. For too long we have used and abused the planet we call home.
An attack on our nation's air and water is already here; fracked gas and the pipelines that carry it are proliferating. They offer false hope and financial gain to those promoting deadly fossil fuel projects around the state, including the Algonquin expansion, the CPV and Cricket Valley gas power plants and more.
Here in Westchester County, Enbridge's (formerly Spectra's) Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline is located adjacent to the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Though Indian Point is projected to close by 2021, the danger of a pipeline explosion remains because of the 2,700 tons of radioactive spent fuel rods stored indefinitely on the site. The huge fireball would release more radioactivity than Fukushima and poses a threat to the 20 million people who live in the 50-mile radius of the plant.