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Green Party to hold meeting November 7 On Wednesday, November 7, 7 p.m., the Babylon Green Party will feature an update from the Anti-Broadwater Coalition (www.stopbroadwater.org) with Maureen Dolan, executive programs manager of Citizens Campaign for the Environment (www.citizenscampaign.org. The new location for the Babylon Green Party Gathering is at Pisces Cafe, 14A Railroad Ave., Babylon and reached at 631-321-1231. For information on the café, go to www.piscescafe.net Energy companies are attempting to build dozens of large,dangerous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) importation facilities onshore and offshore of some of our coastal communities throughout America, Canada, Europe and Mexico. A LNG facility, called Broadwater, is planned off of Wading River on the North Shore of Long Island. Broadwater, a joint venture between Shell and TransCanada Energy, is a proposal to place a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of the Long Island Sound, approximately 9 miles from Rocky Point. The LNG terminal would be permanently moored to the bottom of LIS-destroying 13,000 square feet of critical habitat for lobsters. The LNG terminal would also require two to three LNG tankers per week, causing constant disruption to the waterway. A new 22-mile pipeline would be required to transport the gas into the existing Iroquois Pipeline. The massive LNG terminal will forever change the way we currently use the Sound. The Sound is one of the most beautiful and significant bodies of water in the United States. In 1987, after Congress allocated funds for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to research, monitor, and assess the water quality of the Sound, it became designated as an "Estuary of National Significance." It contains thousands of species of wildlife, and is a vital part of our nation's environment. And, it provides employment and recreational opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people throughout our region. Over the past ten years, the federal government, and the states of Connecticut and New York, have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to restore and protect the water quality of this national treasure. Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) is a member of the Anti-Broadwater Coalition.
The December Babylon Green Party Gathering will take place on Wednesday, December 5, 7p.m. The December gathering will be the annual Green Party holiday party featuring feminist folk Singer Holley Anderson ( www.hollygoanarchy.com ). For directions to the Babylon Green Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free and open to the public.
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