Pipeline Problems In New York -- June 3, 2019

Previously posted and being followed: NY denies pipeline permit for Long Island -- see this post for background.

Now another New York state pipeline could be in jeopardy: the E37:

National Grid's so-called E37 project is a 7-mile expansion of its "Albany Loop" that brings natural gas around the Capital Region (Albany, NY).

The $70 million project would connect National Grid's system in Bethlehem to its Troy Gate Station on Bloomingrove Drive in North Greenbush with a pipeline extension that would be built under the Hudson River.

The comment period was extended from April 24, 2019, to May 24, 2019.

The next milestone: The PSC will hold what's known as a procedural conference on June 6 that will set the schedule for a future vote by the commissioners, which is months away.

The "NYC pipeline" that was denied -- was denied a water permit allowing the pipeline to go under the Hudson River. Likewise, the E37 also goes under the Hudson River.

As for me, I'm thrilled to have completed two books on the revolutionary war this past month. I specifically chose books on General George Washington's campaign in New England to get a better understanding of the waterways in that area. Now, when "they" talk about the Hudson River, NYC, and Albany, as well as the Delaware River, Trenton, and Princeton, I have a much, much better feel for that area.

Same with Long Island, Long Island Sound, Staten Island, Kill van Krill, Arthur Kill, Hell Gate, The Narrows, and the upper and lower bays, and even Sandy Hook.

The two books:

• Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, Nathaniel Philbrick, c. 2016
• Washington Crossing, David Hackett Fischer, c. 2004.

 Philbrick's 2016 book also led me to his 2018 book:

• In The Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick, c. 2018. 

By the way, on a completely different note, and I might come back to this later, a lot of "quantum theory" history was made in New York. From the top of my head, as they say:

• the Manhattan Project, of course
• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: Hans Berthe (perhaps one of the important physicists at Los Alamos; Robert Oppenheimer
• [Cornell University is also known for its ornithology lab and studies.]
• Long Island conferences 

If I didn't have driving responsibilities for the granddaughters, I think I would love to take a cross-country trip up to Ithaca, NY.

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A Note for the Granddaughters

The two older granddaughters are in Rome, Italy, for a few days before they fly to Athens, Greece. They and their father will then rent a sail boat and sail among the Greek islands for ten days. Their father is the skipper, and the oldest granddaughter, Arianna, will be the first mate. Olivia will round out the three-person crew. Both Arianna and Olivia have taken sailing lessons and, I believe, have received sailing certificates at some level.

Here they are, flying to Rome: