Albany County Properties with Natural Gas Service Available
I thought it would be interesting to see how far out gas service goes across Albany County. It turns out that most urban and suburban properties in the county are serviced by gas lines.
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Natural Gas Tanker Truck Crashes, Driver Injured, I-88 Shut Down – The Mountain Eagle
DUANESBURG - Both sides of I-88 between exits 24 and 25 were closed for at least two days after a serious tractor trailer crash in Duanesburg early Tuesday morning, the New York State Police announced. Drivers were rerouted the rest of the day Tuesday and into Wednesday but the road will "be reopening shortly," Trooper Stephanie O'Neil said on Tuesday.
Trooper O'Neil says the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed between exit 24 and 25 starting at 6a.m. Wednesday morning for continued clean up.
New York State Police responded to reports of a box truck off the road on I-88 at 2:52 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said the box truck "exited the road and traveled down a steep ravine." The box truck was carrying multiple cylinders containing compressed natural gas, which led to a hazmat response and a safety perimeter establishment, according to police, which accounts for both sides of the roadway being shut down.
Southern Tier’s natural gas eyed for extraction (again) – The Capitol Pressroom
Southern Tier Solutions is hoping to secure at least 100,000 acres of land in Broome, Chemung, and Tioga counties, with the long-term goal of landing 1 million acres, which they would develop for “closed-loop drilling” that would pump carbon dioxide into the ground and remove methane, the primary component of natural gas. Instead of piping the gas around the state, the company wants to build 10 power plants in the region, which would pump any byproducts back into the ground.
Hydrofracked Natural Gas Well, versus Empire Plaza
I knew some of the well pads were pretty big, but I was curious how they compared to the Empire State Plaza in size.
NPR
In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched "Operation Attack," a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas stoves into people's kitchens.
The gas utilities called Operation Attack their "most ambitious advertising and merchandising program ever." But as it got underway, concerns were becoming public about indoor pollution from gas stoves, including household levels of nitrogen dioxide.
Around the same time, Dr. Carl Shy, a federal public health researcher, was looking into the health effects of nitrogen dioxide. In 1970, Shy published a study showing that families exposed to greater levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide outdoors had higher rates of respiratory illness than families in less-polluted areas. The research caught the attention of the gas utility industry, and they asked Shy for a meeting.
Properties with Natural Gas Avaliable
Note: Data is unavailable for New York City, along with portions of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
Data Source: NYS Statewide Parcel Map Program, gis.ny.gov