The Voice of America has posted an article and video calling Spectra a "volatile issue."

"The high-pressure Spectra Energy pipeline, set to begin operating in late fall, travels under parts of New Jersey, Staten Island, and the Hudson River, and enters Manhattan next to a playground and park. 'This is an incredibly high-population area and it’s insane what they’re doing,' said Kathleen Thomas, one of several hundred protesters who rallied in Manhattan recently to call on President Barack Obama to withhold support for all new fossil-fuel pipelines."

In the video, Mayor Bloomberg stands in front of a fire truck while saying the pipeline poses no threat. "I’m not an expert on this pipeline or pipeline technology, but we have pipelines running under half of America. If they were that dangerous, we’d have a lot of fires," he says. Hey, Mike, check our website, under "pipeline explosions," to see a buncha fires.

Former DEP commissioner, Al Appleton, discussing the radon issue, "charged in a recent forum that city and state officials have been negligent in not investigating the issue." The video ends with a screenshot of the report paid for by Spectra Energy, which claims radon is not a hazard. The cover of the report clearly states, "Prepared at the Request of Counsel for Applicants." The report was a response to the lawsuit brought by Sane Energy Project and five allied community and enviro groups.

Occupy the Pipeline (OTP) took part in the Municipal Art Society's annual event, Janes Walk, a tribute to Jane Jacobs. Jane was a West Village resident and activist whose book, The Life and Death of American Cities launched a new era of preservation and appreciation for the joys of authentic neighborhoods.

The name of their Jane's Walk refers to the history of the area's many pedestrian deaths before the High Line raised a dangerous railway.

Taking a page from Jacob's life's work, the young activists of OTP seek to protect the neighborhood once again, and stop 10th Avenue from becoming another Death Avenue, as a result of the Spectra pipeline.

To illustrate why the area is so historically significant, OTP led a street theater walking tour featuring a boxing match between Jacobs and Moses, and appearances by perfectly-cast Village regulars, Dylan Thomas, Andy Warhol, Nico, Joan Baez and others. As the tour nears the river, Hurricane Sandy (above) appears, warning of more superstorms to come. Despite a Spinal Tap-like tendency for the tour guides to suddenly expire, the group makes it all the way to the river and the site of the Spectra pipe. An unexpected police escort kept everyone else safe on their journey.