What’s Really in the Crosshairs in New England?

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The headline for a story in the Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette blares, "Natural gas pipeline expansion has Worcester and surrounding communities in crosshairs." Yes, bet you didn't know that those dastardly pipelines, like the Tennessee Gas Pipeline with its plan to deliver much-needed natural gas to New England, "targets" communities. You know, like a gun? Bang bang. That's how environmentalist wacko editors write headlines. If you read far enough down in the Worcester story you'll find a sad bit of news: comedian Bill Cosby is against the pipeline expansion (comes too close to his multi-million dollar estate, apparently). It's not shocking that a celebrity is completely ignorant about such an issue--happens all the time (a la Susan Sarandon and Yoko Ono's infamous fossil-fuel belching bus tour of Susquehanna County, PA, see Looney Toons Anti-Fracking Celebrities Visit Montrose, PA). What is shocking, however, is the massive willful ignorance of a former member of the Bolton Conservation Commission who says he doesn't think natural gas is any cleaner than coal for generating electricity. Looks like he's been "Howarthed" into believing a fairly tale...

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