BRANFORD, Conn. -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who is known for diving into the middle of some big controversies, did so, literally, over the weekend.
Blumenthal and about 30 others dove into Long Island Sound in the waters off Branford Sunday to protest a proposed floating natural gas platform between New York and Connecticut.
"The Sound belongs to us, in January or July. We're not going to let it be degraded and desecrated by utility, corporate, international owners," Blumenthal said.
Broadwater Energy is a consortium of Shell Oil and TransCanada Corp. that wants to build a floating terminal the size of four football fields in New York waters, eleven miles off the coast of Connecticut.
Blumenthal was joined at the protest by U.S Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. and Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who remained in their clothes and onshore.
Sunday's "Brrrrroadwater Polar Plunge" was organized by Save the Sound to draw attention to this month's public hearings on a draft report on Broadwater, issued in November by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The regulatory commission concluded the terminal would have only minor effects on the environment and public safety as long as several conditions for construction are followed. It also said the project would be key to meeting the region's natural gas needs.
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Attorney general takes a protest plunge
January 8 2007 - AP
BRANFORD, Conn. -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who is known for diving into the middle of some big controversies, did so, literally, over the weekend.
Blumenthal and about 30 others dove into Long Island Sound in the waters off Branford Sunday to protest a proposed floating natural gas platform between New York and Connecticut.
"The Sound belongs to us, in January or July. We're not going to let it be degraded and desecrated by utility, corporate, international owners," Blumenthal said.
Broadwater Energy is a consortium of Shell Oil and TransCanada Corp. that wants to build a floating terminal the size of four football fields in New York waters, eleven miles off the coast of Connecticut.
Blumenthal was joined at the protest by U.S Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. and Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who remained in their clothes and onshore.
Sunday's "Brrrrroadwater Polar Plunge" was organized by Save the Sound to draw attention to this month's public hearings on a draft report on Broadwater, issued in November by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The regulatory commission concluded the terminal would have only minor effects on the environment and public safety as long as several conditions for construction are followed. It also said the project would be key to meeting the region's natural gas needs.
Posted by: philo | January 8, 2007 01:30 PM