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Title: Gov. Andrew Cuomo nixes Port Ambrose, the proposed natural gas termina
Post by: njdiver on November 12, 2015, 01:46:02 PM
Gov. Andrew Cuomo nixes Port Ambrose, the proposed natural gas terminal off Jones Beach


Updated November 12, 2015 1:29 PM
 By ELLEN YAN   ellen.yan@newsday.com                             

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has killed a proposed natural gas transfer station off Jones Beach, ending a venture whose projected fuel cost savings had been drowned by fears of fracking, terrorism and environmental damage.

Cuomo's decision, announced early Thursday afternoon at the Long Beach Recreation Center, is not entirely unexpected because he came out last year against the controversial fracking...

 

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/gov-andrew-cuomo-nixes-port-ambrose-the-proposed-natural-gas-terminal-off-jones-beach-1.11116238