{"id":145772,"date":"2025-08-14T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145772\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:43:13","slug":"hundreds-march-over-brooklyn-bridge-to-oppose-pipeline-in-new-york-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145772\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds march over Brooklyn Bridge to oppose pipeline in New York waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DOWNTOWN \u2014 MORE THAN 400 New Yorkers rallied at City Hall Park<\/b> and marched across the Brooklyn Bridge last Friday to protest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2025\/08\/hundreds-march-across-brooklyn-bridge-to-protest-staten-island-pipeline-other-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural-gas pipeline<\/a> projects, including the revived Northeast Supply Enhancement project slated for waters off Staten Island and the Rockaways, according to SILive. Climate Families NYC, Rise and Resist, NYPIRG and Food &amp; Water Watch led the action, pressing Gov. Kathy Hochul to block permits.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers warned the line would raise National Grid bills about 3.5% and churn the contaminated seabed in Raritan Bay; state environmental officials previously denied the project on water-quality grounds. Supporters argue additional supply would aid Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island customers. The pipeline operator has moved to restart approvals; opponents say renewed federal backing puts New York\u2019s emissions targets at risk.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, New York City\u2019s Comptroller Scott Stringer, along with then-Councilmember Brad Lander and numerous Brooklyn elected officials, urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to <a href=\"https:\/\/comptroller.nyc.gov\/newsroom\/comptroller-stringer-and-elected-leaders-urge-ferc-to-reject-williams-pipeline-permit-extension\/#:~:text=(New%20York,%20NY)%20%E2%80%93,Harbor%20and%20the%20surrounding%20environment.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reject the pipeline<\/a>. Comptroller Lander on Saturday again protested the pipeline, along with New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-271377 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/read-more-wnb-shad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1000\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/articles\/2025\/03\/17\/wind-power-projects-slam-into-trump-permit-pause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/offshore_wind_turbines_1-scaled-1-250x250.webp.webp\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Off-shore wind turbines. Credit: Raphael Ruz\/Shutterstock\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 17 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/articles\/2025\/01\/24\/will-trumps-order-freezing-offshore-wind-disrupt-massive-sunset-park-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP22178564734524-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Offshore wind turbines stand near Block Island, R.I.\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Trump\u2019s order freezing offshore wind disrupt massive Sunset Park project?<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 24 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOWNTOWN \u2014 MORE THAN 400 New Yorkers rallied at City Hall Park and marched across the Brooklyn Bridge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,86287,1907,4216,5371,85823,16350,405,403,86288,5226,5225,5228,5227,14203,86289,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-145772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-antonio-delgado","10":"tag-breaking","11":"tag-fires","12":"tag-kathy-hochul","13":"tag-national-grid","14":"tag-natural-gas","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-new-york-city-fire-department-fdny","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-pipeline","23":"tag-pipeline-construction","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115028597668535368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}