Legislator Jon Cooper addressed a crowd of supporters at the County Center in Riverhead after the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved his resolution formally opposing Broadwater Energy’s proposal to anchor a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of the Long Island Sound. Suffolk County is now the highest level of government to come out in opposition to the plan that would store 8 billion cubic feet of natural gas in a floating barge off Long Island’s north shore.
