Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Dan Goldman (NY-10) led 10 members of the New York congressional delegation in urging the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to reject the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project, a 23.5-mile fracked gas pipeline that would cut through the ocean floor near Staten Island and the Rockaways.
The letter highlights how the NESE pipeline would endanger marine ecosystems, threaten public health, and undermine New York’s landmark climate goals by locking the state...