Arguments against the pipeline include its negative impact on public health, its risk of sparking fires and explosions, its high cost to ratepayers, and its acceleration of climate change just when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared a "code red" for humanity. Does it make sense to increase Springfield's long-term dependence on "natural" gas when Massachusetts' Climate Roadmap Bill mandates a transition away from fossil fuels? The two groups that organized the rally – the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition and the Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group – contend that Springfield will reach a state of energy resilience and reliability only when our energy network is diversified and localized with renewable energy." "Eversource calls this a reliability project, but I am here to name it for what it is: an expansion project. Eversource is pursuing this project because they will make money on it. It would cost an estimated $35-45 million dollars, funded by rate-payers.