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A |     Renee 综合 去年11月，奥克兰Ellerslie发生一起命案，随后两名男子被控谋杀Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok和Mei Han Chong夫妇。         据英文《先驱报》昨日报道，这两名男子面临一项新的指控，他们涉嫌密谋谋杀另一名女子。         Advertise with us          这名女子不是遇害夫妇中的女性，也不与他们同姓，在法庭文件上被列为两名被告密谋谋杀的目标。         法庭文件显示，两人涉嫌在去年6月26日至11月4日之间密谋谋杀该女子。    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk.The project, known as GTN Xpress, aims to expand the capacity of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, which runs through Idaho, Washington and Oregon, by about 150 million cubic feet (4.2 million cubic meters) of natural gas per day. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave it the green light in a vote on Thursday.TC Energy plans to modify three compressor stations along the pipeline — in Kootenai County, Idaho; Walla Walla County, Washington; and Sherman County, Oregon. Compressor stations help maintain the pressure and flow of gas over long distances in a pipeline. Environmental groups criticized the decision of the commission, which "failed to listen to Senators, Governors, State Attorneys General, Tribes, and the public in its rubber stamp of unnecessary fracked gas in the Northwest,” said Audrey Leonard, staff attorney for Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental nonprofit, in a statement.Leonard said potential spills and explosions on the pipeline, which was built in the 1960s, would not only harm the environment but also present a heightened wildfire risk in the arid regions it passes through.“An explosion of that level in eastern Washington or eastern Oregon would be catastrophic,” she said.Leonard said Columbia Riverkeeper will appeal the federal regulators’ decision and submit a petition for a rehearing. The pipeline belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. The company said the project is necessary to meet consumer demand.Environmentalists and officials opposed to the project have expressed concern about TC Energy’s safety record. Its Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline exploded in Strasburg, Virginia, in July and its existing Keystone pipeline spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of bitumen oil in Kansas last December.The 1,377-mile (2,216-kilometer) pipeline runs from the Canadian border through a corner of Idaho and into Washington state and Oregon, connecting with a pipeline going into California.While Idaho’s Republican governor and congress members said that imposing other states’ climate policies would be “misguided,” Democratic officials in the other states called on federal officials to reject the plan. After the vote, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, condemned the decision.The project is “incompatible with our climate laws,” said a letter to the agency by Democratic U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington.“GTN Xpress represents a significant expansion of methane gas infrastructure at a time when California, Oregon, and Washington are moving away from fossil fuels,” the senators said.The attorneys general of the three states, citing the commission's draft environmental impact statement for the project, said it would result in more than 3.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year for at least the next three decades. The agency’s final environmental assessment revised that number downward by roughly half in calculations contested by environmental groups.The agency’s chairman, Willie Phillips, reiterated its stance after Thursday’s vote.“There was no evidence presented that this project would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions,” he told reporters. “The commission determined that this project was needed and therefore we support its approval.”In its final environmental impact statement for the project issued last November, the federal agency said the compressor stations were in non-forested areas with low to moderate fire hazard. It concluded the project “would result in limited adverse impacts on the environment.”“Most adverse environmental impacts would be temporary or short-term,” the federal agency said. The agency recommended certain steps, such as requiring the company to train its personnel and contractors on environmental mitigation measures before any construction begins. But environmental groups say the assessment didn’t adequately address the harm caused by the project, including by fracking to obtain the natural gas that flows through the pipeline. Fracking is a technique used by the energy industry to extract oil and gas from rock by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals. It has been criticized by climate and environment groups for increasing emissions of methane, an extraordinarily potent greenhouse gas. ___Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.。         警方在一份声明中表示，这一指控“与另一件事有关”。         密谋谋杀罪最高可判处10年监禁。         这两名被告将于3月20日在奥克兰高等法院再次出庭，谋杀和密谋谋杀的指控将一起审理。

B |          对于他们被控于谋杀Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok和Mei Han Chong夫妇的案件，法官去年11月底将审判日期定在2025年4月28日，为期六周。         来自北岸Glenfield的42岁男子是第一个被捕的人，他是在汉密尔顿被警方发现的。

C | 另外一名26岁男子不久后在Glenfield的家中被捕。         去年11月，他们通过视讯方式在奥克兰地方法院出庭，获得了临时姓名禁止令。         这名26岁男子还被指控偷了遇害夫妇的车。         图为被害夫妇。图源：新西兰警方          现年66岁的Kwok于11月5日周日被刺身亡，随后的周一晚上，一名家人在这对夫妇的家中发现了他的尸体。         他67岁的妻子Mei Han Chong随后被发现失踪，警方对她和他们的车进行了大规模搜查。警方最初表示，Chong既可能是嫌疑人，也可能是受害者。         警方后来透露，Chong并没有开车，而且这对夫妇家中的证据表明，她并不是自愿离开的。11月9日周四晚上，警方在Greenhithe的丛林地区发现了她的尸体。         警方称，被害夫妇于1988年从香港移居新西兰，开始了他们在这里的生活。两人都有大家庭，他们不断为家人提供着照顾和支持。         警方此前在一份声明中这样描述她：“虽然身材娇小，但她意志坚强，对自己关心的问题充满热情。”          Kwok生前担任骨科护士多年。据Stuff报道，Kwok的一位医院同事说，他身上有一种“父亲的气息”，其他同事都亲切地称他为“Joseph叔叔”。         警方在声明中说：“他在自己的世界里很快乐，只关心养家糊口和做好自己选择的职业。他仍在非常努力地工作，遇害前一天晚上11点半才下班回家。”          声明补充说：“Joseph和Mei是一对恩爱夫妻，他们的职业就是帮助他人。我们的心与他们及其悲痛的家人同在。”          相关阅读：          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：两名被告不认罪，一人需要粤语翻译的协助          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：被害者是“恩爱夫妻” 更多信息披露          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：被告在新西兰生活多年，讲广东话，不需要翻译          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：一名42岁的男子被控谋杀夫妇两人          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：受害男子的妻子仍下落不明，警方非常担心其安危          奥克兰Ellerslie谋杀案：尸检证实伤势是暴力所致，警方仍在寻找死者妻子          Ellerslie死亡事件被视为谋杀案，警方正在寻找一名67岁的亚裔女子          奥克兰中区一男子死亡，死因不明，警方请求公众提供一辆汽车的信息          注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。         chineseherald.co.nz All Rights Reserved 版权所有          (责编：twinkle)          来源 -          相关内容                新西兰儿童部被严厉警告：“完全不可接受”           国家党“百日计划”即将收尾， 新政府2024年关键字：减！           绿党议员猝然离世，国会将史无前例迎来第三位华人议员？           工党人事大洗牌！他辞职去当大学校长只因羁绊太深？           ANZ员工给自己放贷去赌博，居然只被判分期还债？           涨薪也没用：近万新西兰护士计划奔赴澳洲           疫情通报：过去一周新西兰新增6312例           新西兰将重置福利体系：“领完福利就躺平”不行了！。

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