The Fight Over Seneca Lake

How a Texas gas company plans to turn the caverns under Seneca Lake into New York’s largest gas station… and what some people are doing about it!

On this edition of Green Street we hear a “Letter From Jail” written by Dr. Sandra Steingraber (and read by our friend, actress Nancy Sirianni) and interviews with John Dennis and Stefan Senders, two courageous local activists who have been arrested for blocking the entrance to Crestwood’s construction site at Seneca Lake.

Fracking Update with Beth Radow and Bill Cooke

What’s happening in New York with fracking? When will Governor Cuomo decide whether to permit fracking in New York State, and why will fracking impact the citizens of New York even if the Governor doesn’t approve it?

On this edition of Green Street we hear from attorney and activist Elisabeth (“Beth”) Radow and Albany insider Bill Cooke, Director of Legislative Affairs for Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

Gas Pipelines and Nuclear Power? with Paul Blanch

Why not put a big natural gas pipeline right next to an old nuclear power plant that sits near a known seismic fault line? What could possibly go wrong?

Spectra Energy has applied for permission to install a giant new 42-inch gas pipeline right next to the Indian Point nuclear power plant. It’s part of their AIM Pipeline Expansion Project to help gas companies to export natural gas overseas. Current federal regulations require a distance of ten miles between a gas pipeline of this size and a nuclear facility, so why is the approval process is rolling along without a hitch?

On this edition of Green Street, we talk with nuclear engineer Paul Blanch, who has been a consultant to New York State and has worked at Indian Point. Find out who’s protecting the health and safety of the residents of Westchester County – and for that matter, all of the NY metro area – and what you can do to help avert what could be one of the greatest nuclear disasters in modern history.