Constitution Pipeline Rejected! Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms States' Power to Reject Pipelines by Larissa Liebmann August 18, 2017 http://waterkeeper.org/second-circuit-court-of-appeals-affirms-states-power-to-reject-pipelines/     Natural gas pipeline backers lose federal court appeal Brian Nearing Published 4:16 pm, Friday, August 18, 2017 http://www.timesunion.com/allnews/article/Natural-gas-pipeline-backers-lose-federal-court-11942338.php     Constitution Pipeline in NY rejected by court POLITICS ON THE HUDSON [...]

Saqib Rahim, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, August 21, 2017 A federal court has upheld New York's decision to deny a water permit for a major natural gas pipeline. Last year, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) rejected Constitution Pipeline Co.'s application for a water permit under the Clean Water Act. Constitution [...]

Natural gas pipeline backers lose federal court appeal Brian Nearing Albany Times Union August 18, 2017   DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and pipeline opponents cheered the ruling as a victory for state jurisdiction over federal environmental laws, while the developers and state Business Council said the state was ignoring the jobs and energy the project [...]

Waterkeeper Alliance August 18, 2017 "[W]e applaud the efforts of Stop the Pipeline, a group of local landowners and advocates along the proposed pipeline route who identified at the beginning of this permit process that Section 401 could be a real vulnerability and fiercely advocated for years that DEC should deny the water quality certification. [...]

STP to screen "AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock", June 27th at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Oneonta.     http://dec.stopthepipeline.org/event/stp-meeting-film-june-27th-2017/