Activists Form Human Pipeline on Flatbush Avenue to Protest Natural Gas Pipeline

Activists say they’re con­cerned wildlife would be impact­ed if some­thing went wrong with the pipeline being built in Brook­lyn. (July 14, 2013)

Dozens of activists formed a human pipeline on Flat­bush Avenue today in protest of a nat­ur­al gas pipeline that’s being built through parts of Brook­lyn.

Parts of the pipeline are already under con­struc­tion to con­nect Brook­lyn with a pipeline that goes up and down the East Coast. Activists say they’re con­cerned about the impact the under­ground flow­ing gas could have on the bor­ough, wildlife and the envi­ron­ment.

A rep­re­sen­ta­tive from Transco, the com­pa­ny behind the project, argued that oppo­nents are over­look­ing the fact that the envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fits of nat­ur­al gas are exact­ly what is dri­ving the project. It is also the pri­ma­ry rea­son why the may­or specif­i­cal­ly cit­ed this project as key to help­ing the city achieve its clean air goals, Transco says.

The spokesper­son added that Transco has been safe­ly pro­vid­ing nat­ur­al gas to New York City for more than 50 years with­out inci­dent.

A pub­lic com­ment peri­od will be held to dis­cuss the project fur­ther.