‘David and Goliath’ victory for environmentalists as New York City is spared construction of a major natural gas pipeline

The pipeline, 23 miles miles long, would have gone through the Lower New York bays to the Rockaways in New York City.

A major pipeline that would have moved natural gas through New Jersey and under two bays to New York has been killed, but another plan to transport liquefied gas from Pennsylvania by tanker truck is moving forward.

Environmentalists who had fought both projects reacted Monday to the mixed bag they were handed on Friday when the two proposals took differing pathways with federal regulators.