Green Party of Suffolk
14 Robin Drive - Huntington, NY 11743-4712
631-351-5763
info@gpsuffolk.org
www.gpsuffolk.org
Contact: Roger Snyder, Co-chair 631-351-5763
Kimberly Wilder, Press Secretary 631-422-4702
Green Party of Suffolk opposes FERC decision supporting Broadwater
The Green Party of Suffolk is opposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision to deny the requests of the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to be heard on the Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The NYSDOS and NYSDEC wanted to speak in opposition to the March 20, 2008 FERC order authorizing the Broadwater terminal to be built in the Long Island Sound.
The Green Party of Suffolk in its platform opposes building any new fossil fuel facilities such as Broadwater, and demands that investment be made instead in building renewable energy facilities. The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are: Ecological Wisdom; Nonviolence/Peace; Grassroots Democracy; and Social and Economic Justice.
In November 2007, the Babylon Green Party hosted Maureen Dolan of the Anti-Broadwater Coalition to speak about the manifold reasons that the Broadwater project is harmful to Long Island. www.stopbroadwater.org
Broadwater, a joint venture between Shell and TransCanada Energy, is a proposal to place a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of the Long Island Sound, approximately 9 miles from Rocky Point. The LNG terminal would be permanently moored to the bottom of LIS-destroying 13,000 square feet of critical habitat for lobsters. The LNG terminal would also require 2-3 LNG tankers per week, causing constant disruption to the waterway. A new 22-mile pipeline would be required to transport the gas into the existing Iroquois Pipeline.
The massive LNG terminal will forever change the way we currently use the Sound. Broadwater would disrupot and infringe on boating. It would require a Permanent NO Public Access Zone and an Additional Moving No Access Zone. A “no public access zone” of 1.5 square miles will surround the LNG terminal. This means that for the first time in the Sound’s history, a section of the open water body will be given over to a private corporation. Armed security vessels would patrol the no access zone 24 hours a day. No fishing, boating, canoing, swimming or sailing will be allowed. The Coast Guard report mandates an additional moving “no public access zone” around the incoming LNG tankers that would be 2 miles in front, 1 mile in back and 750 yards on each side. Also, armed escort boats would surround the tankers as they transverse the Sound, marking the moving zone and requiring all vessels to get out of the way.
The LNG terminal would also disrupt “The Race,” the strong currents and navigational challenges that are the the main passageway into the Sound. There would be two to three LNG tankers that enter The Race each week. The Coast Guard report identified that The Race as having a heavy concentration of recreational fisherman throughout the boating season.
These security zones would disrupt and conflict with traditional uses including commercial and recreational fishing, boating activities, fishing, shell fishing, sailing and even enjoyment of our beaches.
The Broadwater project would be contrary to the hundreds of millions of dollars the federal government, and the states of Connecticut and New York, have spent to restore and protect the water quality of the Long Island Sound.
For more information about Green Party activities, please go to www.gpsuffolk.org or call Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder at 631-351-5763. You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked “Other” on the voter registration form and writing in the word “Green” on the line next to it.
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14 Robin Drive - Huntington, NY 11743-4712
631-351-5763
info@gpsuffolk.org
www.gpsuffolk.org
Contact: Roger Snyder, Co-chair 631-351-5763
Kimberly Wilder, Press Secretary 631-422-4702
Green Party of Suffolk opposes FERC decision supporting Broadwater
The Green Party of Suffolk is opposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision to deny the requests of the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to be heard on the Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The NYSDOS and NYSDEC wanted to speak in opposition to the March 20, 2008 FERC order authorizing the Broadwater terminal to be built in the Long Island Sound.
The Green Party of Suffolk in its platform opposes building any new fossil fuel facilities such as Broadwater, and demands that investment be made instead in building renewable energy facilities. The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are: Ecological Wisdom; Nonviolence/Peace; Grassroots Democracy; and Social and Economic Justice.
In November 2007, the Babylon Green Party hosted Maureen Dolan of the Anti-Broadwater Coalition to speak about the manifold reasons that the Broadwater project is harmful to Long Island. www.stopbroadwater.org
Broadwater, a joint venture between Shell and TransCanada Energy, is a proposal to place a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of the Long Island Sound, approximately 9 miles from Rocky Point. The LNG terminal would be permanently moored to the bottom of LIS-destroying 13,000 square feet of critical habitat for lobsters. The LNG terminal would also require 2-3 LNG tankers per week, causing constant disruption to the waterway. A new 22-mile pipeline would be required to transport the gas into the existing Iroquois Pipeline.
The massive LNG terminal will forever change the way we currently use the Sound. Broadwater would disrupot and infringe on boating. It would require a Permanent NO Public Access Zone and an Additional Moving No Access Zone. A “no public access zone” of 1.5 square miles will surround the LNG terminal. This means that for the first time in the Sound’s history, a section of the open water body will be given over to a private corporation. Armed security vessels would patrol the no access zone 24 hours a day. No fishing, boating, canoing, swimming or sailing will be allowed. The Coast Guard report mandates an additional moving “no public access zone” around the incoming LNG tankers that would be 2 miles in front, 1 mile in back and 750 yards on each side. Also, armed escort boats would surround the tankers as they transverse the Sound, marking the moving zone and requiring all vessels to get out of the way.
The LNG terminal would also disrupt “The Race,” the strong currents and navigational challenges that are the the main passageway into the Sound. There would be two to three LNG tankers that enter The Race each week. The Coast Guard report identified that The Race as having a heavy concentration of recreational fisherman throughout the boating season.
These security zones would disrupt and conflict with traditional uses including commercial and recreational fishing, boating activities, fishing, shell fishing, sailing and even enjoyment of our beaches.
The Broadwater project would be contrary to the hundreds of millions of dollars the federal government, and the states of Connecticut and New York, have spent to restore and protect the water quality of the Long Island Sound.
For more information about Green Party activities, please go to www.gpsuffolk.org or call Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder at 631-351-5763. You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked “Other” on the voter registration form and writing in the word “Green” on the line next to it.
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