![]() ![]() If we are to meet the critical reductions in carbon emissions in Connecticut, protect public health and our waters, we simply must stop the build out of fracked gas infrastructure and this huge power plant. It was a gas pipeline that caused the massive explosion in downtown Springfield in 2012. Jane recalls the controversy when Vermont Gas first announced its intention to construct a gas pipeline down the western side of the state, a route which would require a right-of-way through the center of Monkton. This wastewater will contain pollutants, heavy metals and potentially PFAS chemicals. Nate and Jane Palmer’s farm sits in a clay plain basin adjacent to one of the many wetlands in Monkton, Vermont. A Vermont Public Utilities Commission hearing officer last week directed the state's only natural gas utility to undergo an investigation determining whether a pipeline was constructed. Repaired road under which the new pipeline flows. Vermonters from 80 towns and cities across the state signed a letter requesting that Governor Shumlin take facts into account as the state re-evaluates the future of the fracked gas pipeline. The plant requires the building of a new gas pipeline across the state to transport the gas and the plant, once built, will discharge “treated” wastewater into the Quinebaug River. Fracked gas from Pennsylvania will flow through the pipeline to National Grid’s depot on Maspeth Avenue along Newtown Creek. In March 2017, Maryland became the second state in the US. This proposal, started under the previous Governor, was touted as a necessary bridge fuel to assure that New England residents would have enough electricity even in times of peak demand.Ī 2020 report by Acadia Center states that “…under current plans and laws, New England’s reliance on natural gas to fuel power plants could drop from 45% to approximately 10% of its electricity needs in 2030, making any investment in new gas pipelines or plants unnecessary and therefore costly.” Despite the international scope of the project getting fracked gas from massive shale deposits in B.C. Vermont, which has no known frackable gas reserves, banned fracking preventatively in May 2012. ![]() Despite Governor Lamont’s commitment to a clean energy grid by 2040, the proposal to build a large, 650 megawatt fracked gas power plant in Killingly CT is moving forward. stopping the high-pressure fracked gas pipelines plus all related fossil fuel infrastructure. ![]()
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