The Spectra Pipeline, a high-pressure gas pipeline under construction in Manhattan's West Village, slated to go online in November 2013, poses a grave and immediate risk to New York residents.
Construction of this pipeline puts corporate profits ahead of the health and safety of New York residents.
The high level of radon present in the gas that would be transmitted by the Spectra Pipeline from the Marcellus Shale into the homes and businesses of New Yorkers is a serious threat to public health.
In 2010 a pipeline of similar diameter and pressure exploded in suburban San Bruno, California, destroying an entire neighborhood and killing eight people. An explosion of that magnitude in densely populated Manhattan would cause incalculable loss of life and property and would devastate the city.
Building this pipeline will make New York City further dependent upon fossil fuels that poison our water, pollute our air and threaten catastrophic climate change. This will also discourage New York from making the urgently needed shift to sustainable alternatives, such as wind, solar, and bio-diesel.
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