Conn. AG threatens to sue NY over gas pipeline
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 on Monday threatened New York with legal if the state decides to go ahead with construction of a liquefied-natural-gas pipeline in the Long Island Sound.
With a decision from New York Gov. David Paterson on the proposed Broadwater Energy gas terminal due later this week, several Connecticut officials, including Blumenthal, gathered in Stony Creek, Conn. yesterday to reiterate their own stance: Broadwater must be defeated.
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By R265 (Unregistered User)
4:44pm on April 8, 2008
Connecticut is a subsidiary of New York. This state receives New York's pollution, pipelines, electrical lines, LNG stations in the Sound and anything else "good" for New York. The Federal government gives barely a glance to Connecticut. We have Joe Lieberman and Chris Dodd, two ineffective senators from a tiny state that has no political clout whatsoever. The pipelines, electrical transmission lines and Broadwater are foregone conclusions.
Give 'em hell, Blumenthal. This is a lot bigger than the Thimble Islands. Any disaster at Broadwater could ruin plenty of beaches and waterfront property in Fairfield County, too. The AG's office should enlist the help of all the folks who work in New York.