New York Issues Key Permit for Previously Shunned Gas Pipeline

New York environmental groups were up in arms on Friday after the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a key water-quality permit allowing for the construction of Williams Companies' (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) natural gas pipeline project on the company's Transco network. The NESE would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey into parts of New York City and Long Island that are experiencing tight gas supplies.