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CT: AG Threatens To Sue NY Over Gas

Sweet – tie up New York’s Democrat A.G. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut’s Democrat A.G. Dick Blumenthal. Maybe they can get California Democrat A.G. Jerry Brown to join the fray to help raise money for his office.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 on Monday threatened New York with legal if the state decides to go ahead with construction of a liquefied-natural-gas pipeline in the Long Island Sound.With a decision from New York Gov. David Paterson on the proposed Broadwater Energy gas terminal due later this week, several Connecticut officials, including Blumenthal, gathered in Stony Creek, Conn. yesterday to reiterate their own stance: Broadwater must be defeated.

Approved by the Federal Energy Regulations Commission on March 20, the proposed barge-like terminal would convert liquefied natural gas in the Long Island Sound into oil for use in both New York and Connecticut. Positioned about 10 miles south of New Haven, the terminal would officially be considered to be located in New York waters, giving New York — but not Connecticut — control over its future.

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