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Friday, September 27, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 39
AUTUMN INSPIRATIONS
EHRBAR EYES TRAFFIC FIRM
SUOZZI BACKS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
PAGES 35-62
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Protesters slam National Grid pipeline plan
LET IT GO
Moratorium on new gas hookups ‘bullying’ tactic: environmentalists BY TOM M CC A RT HY Environmental activists called a gas permit halt by National Grid in the wake of the delay of a multistate pipeline project unnecessary and “bullying tactics” on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative Building on Monday. In May, National Grid told municipalities on Long Island and New York City that gas permits would be withheld after a natural gas pipeline project was denied by the state. The project’s opponents say that there is no need for the project and the halt is a move by National Grid to get the state to approve the project and keep ratepayers dependent on fossil fuel for energy. “When the Williams Company and the corporate utilities insist that this pipeline is necessary for development projects while refusing to provide evidence of need, keeping local businesses and
communities beholden to their dead-end business model,” said Ryan Madden, spokesman for the Long Island Progressive Coalition, “what we hear is a lack of responsible investment, a denial of the reality of the climate crisis, and the perpetuation of a status quo that enriches fossil fuel companies at the expense of future life on the planet.” He said that National Grid has launched an “aggressive campaign” to support the Williams project, buying radio ads and encouraging customers to lobby politicians. Activist Laura Shindell, a spokeswoman for Food & Water Action, who nicknamed the utility company “National Greed,” said that the company’s cited need for the pipeline project is “flatout false,” saying that the project would still take a year or more to be completed. The company “claims that it Continued on Page 82
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOEL HARRIS
Elza from Disney’s “Frozen” was one of many to attend the Mineola Street Fair Sunday. See story on page 2 and more photos on page 76.
Adult with measles used Mineola LIRR station BY TOM MCCARTHY An adult with measles traveled on the Long Island Rail Road and used the Mineola train station and Penn Station,
possibly exposing other people to infection, the Nassau County Department of Health said. The department said last Thursday that this was the second case of measles in an adult this year in the county.
The identity of the individual was not revealed but the department reported where the Nassau resident traveled over a four-day period from Sept. 11 to 14. Continued on Page 83
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