There are plenty of issues that are Republican vs. Democrat. A natural gas pipeline project in Brookfield, Connecticut seems to buck the trend. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s John Moritz to discuss his article, “In Brookfield, opposition to natural gas project crosses party lines,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. Read John’s story here. WSHU: Hello, John, this story appears to be a classic example of NIMBY, not in my backyard. Is that what attracted you to it? JM: I think what attracted me to this story was that when we talk about natural gas expansion and natural gas pipelines in the northeast, it’s often framed in a view that it’s environmentalist versus the Trump administration or more conservative politicians who are concerned about keeping down costs. And what I think this story showed is that the reality of the situation is more complex when you look at the communities that have to bear most of these projects. And you’re right, you know, some of the sentiment can be described as, you know, nimbyism, or people concerned about the impacts of their community, but that doesn’t follow along the typical left right divide we often think about when talking about things like natural gas projects, or even, as I’ve written about before, solar projects, which have gotten pushed back in more blue communities where they’ve been trying to build.

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