The Constitution Pipeline: a 30" fracked gas pipeline through our bioregion.
The Constitution Pipeline project is a proposed 125-mile fracked gas pipeline, 30" in diameter, that would run from the shale fields of Pennsylvania to the Town of Wright in Schoharie County, New York.
It is our responsibility as stewards of the region to be aware of how this pipeline could affect the health of our lands and community – both in it’s construction and it’s long-term operational impacts.
The Constitution Pipeline, is a proposed fracked gas pipeline proposed by the Oklahoma-based Williams Companies. The project would involve the construction of approximately 125 miles of new 30-inch diameter interstate fracked gas pipeline originating in northeastern Pennsylvania which would extend through Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie Counties in New York and terminate at the Wright Compressor Station in the Town of Wright, Schoharie County.
In Schohaire the pipeline is proposed to run through the following municipalities: Jefferson, Summit, Richmondville, Cobleskill, Middleburgh, Schoharie and Wright.
The Constitution Pipeline would:
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require the clearing of 1,872 acres of land,
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the destruction of approximately 700,000 trees on 1,034 acres of forest,
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cross 289 bodies of water, most of them cold-water trout streams,
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impact over 95 acres of wetlands, of which 34 acres are irreplaceable forested wetlands,
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climb or descend over 35 miles of steep slopes,
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have to blast through 45.5 miles of shallow bedrock, and
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provide gas for factories, power plants, and AI data centers all along the I-88 corridor.
WHAT TO KNOW
INTERACTIVE PIPELINE MAP
Interactive pipeline map provided by Karen Edelstein at FracTracker Alliance
This interactive map allows you to zoom in down to individual parcels and see exactly where the proposed pipeline will run through Schoharie.
NEWS & UPDATES
Below are news and updates regarding the Constitution Pipeline, the progress of their application progress and other information that are important for the public, and especially communities within our larger bioregion, to know.
Links to sources are included in the posts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Waterfall Center, as an educational resource, looks to provide factual information that addresses the concerns of the community and how a pipeline running through our bioregion could adversely affect the health of our people, landscape, ecology and rural culture.
If you would like to know more about advocacy work around the issue of the pipeline - we encourage you to visit Stop The Constitution Pipeline or the Unity Alliance to learn more and sign up for their mailing lists.