#Anti-fracking activists halt Brooklyn pipeline construction
“#Anti-fracking activists halt Brooklyn pipeline construction”
A group of climate activists halted work on a Brooklyn gas pipeline Thursday when they descended into the underground construction site and refused to leave.
Environmental group No North Brooklyn Pipeline posted Thursday morning that “Brooklyn community members have locked down the National Grid’s North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline halting construction.”
A video shows two of the members underground with the pipeline around 10 a.m.
An NYPD spokesman confirmed the unscheduled demonstration of roughly 20 activists at Montrose and Manhattan avenues in Williamsburg and “officers were on scene to keep the peace.”
NYC Comptroller and mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer retweeted the group — which says it’s opposed to “fossil fuel expansion in North Brooklyn” and footing the bill — voicing his support.
“New Yorkers are standing up against a fracked gas pipeline that will threaten our city and our climate,” Stringer wrote. “I’m with them every step of the way. Together—we will win this fight.”
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