<div>EPA administrator Lee Zeldin was in New York on Monday urging New York State to approve the Williams Cos. Constitution pipeline, a project designed to provide more natural gas to the state.He paid a visit to Binghamton and urged the state to change course on its energy initiatives and roll back its 2014 ban on natural gas extraction, including fracking.“It’s not like we don’t use natural gas and we’re proposing some new energy source that is controversial, and we’re not used to it,” Zeldin said. “It is our primary source of energy right now, natural gas.”WBNG TV reported pushed state leaders to move forward with the Constitution Pipeline project, an effort of the Williams Cos. headquartered in Tulsa. The 125-mile-long pipeline is designed to transport natural gas from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, to Schoharie County, New York, passing through Broome, Chenango and Delaware counties in New York“It’s better for our environment and to be able to build this pipeline and create the jobs that come with it,” Zeldin said. The benefits from the environment to the economy are so strong.”The EPA administrator said transporting gas through this pipeline would be an upgrade over doing it by truck or by train, providing financial stability in the process.<h2>Zeldin’s presence in the southern tier didn’t come without objection.</h2>“We’re here today to say no fracking way. Get the frack out of our state,” yelled Renee Vogelsang, the New York Director for Frack Action. “These are our state rights.”Hours after the former Long Island congressman left the Broome County courthouse, dozens of environmental advocates gathered outside City Hall demanding the state uphold the fracking ban it imposed more than a decade ago reported WBNG.The state Department of Environmental Conservation has the authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to not issue permits to projects it deems dangerous to water. Zeldin has proposed plans to roll back some of the regulations in this clause.</div>

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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin was in New York on Monday urging New York State to approve the Williams Cos. Constitution pipeline, a project designed to provide more natural gas to the state. He paid a visit to Binghamton and urged the state to change course on its energy initiatives and...

Zeldin makes push for Williams’ Constitution pipeline in NY

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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin was in New York on Monday urging New York State to approve the Williams Cos. Constitution pipeline, a project designed to prov

Zeldin makes push for Williams’ Constitution pipeline in NY

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