Gas Pipeline

New York State has consistently blocked the construction of new pipelines to allow for the transportation of gas. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected new gas pipeline construction on the grounds that it would harm water quality.

(Airs 05/30/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats continue to criticize the so-called “big, beautiful bill,” the Trump administration appears to be using its influence to push development of two previously-abandoned natural-gas supply pipelines in New York, and we’ll talk about the seventh annual Population Health Innovation Summit.

A controversial natural gas pipeline planned for New York is back on the table after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said the project can go…

Hoping to get natural gas service restored to several communities north of Boston before cold weather sets in, a utility company has announced a…

In the wake of gas explosions and fires in the Merrimack Valley, the safety of natural gas infrastructure across Massachusetts is being questioned.…

Vermont regulators are investigating whether Vermont Gas Systems failed to bury its new gas pipeline that runs from Colchester to Middlebury deep enough…

Climate activists from near and from as far as Maine, Quebec and central Pennsylvania are converging on downtown Albany for a day of protests against…

Two pipeline projects that would have crossed the northeast have been scrubbed: activists are now calling for a third pipeline to be stopped. Politicians…

The 124-mile Constitution Pipeline would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale fields through New York’s Southern Tier and into Schoharie County,…

We’re looking back at some of the stories that dominated 2015 this week — especially the proposed construction of natural gas pipelines. The building of…