Cross-Sound Pipeline

The list of companies proposing crossing Long Island Sound with gas pipelines and electric cables is growing. For those of us that care deeply for the Sound and the land that surrounds it, these proposals are scary, frustrating, infuriating, and disenfranchising. Five thousand five hundred - seventy seven concerned citizens and Menunkatuck Audubon members signed petitions opposing the gas pipeline proposed by Islander East. This show of solidarity and commitment to preserving our natural resources as well as our own energy supply has made an enormous difference in garnering support from local and state officials. So while officials, intervenors, and lawyers do their best to stop these cross Sound proposals many of us are left wondering what we can do besides wait for the other shoe to drop.

SuZanne Botta, President, Menunkatuck Audubon Society