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May 17, 2019

New York Blocks Construction of Fracked Gas Pipeline
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New York state environmentalists are celebrating after Governor Andrew
Cuomo blocked the construction of a $1-billion Williams pipeline
project, which would have carried fracked gas from Pennsylvania's shale
fields under New York Harbor. The decision came after New York's
environmental agency ruled the pipeline threatened water quality with
mercury and other toxic chemicals and would endanger marine life.


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