League of Women Voters of Saratoga County
ACTION ALERT: Halt Expanding Fossil Fuel Energy Plants
in NY. What You Can Do Now!
This summer, the U.S. is experiencing unprecedented heat waves, wildfires, and floods due to human-caused climate change. These climate related events will continue to become more catastrophic if we do not take action and curb greenhouse gas emissions immediately. Co-incidentally, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just come out with Code Red Report for Humanity indicating that we can only slow climate change if we make drastic changes immediately!
One of the best strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to halt new fossil fuel infrastructure.
In spite of the recently enacted Climate Leadership and Community Protective Act and a state ban on fracking, two power plants: the Danskammer Power Plant in Newburgh, NY and the Astoria NRG Power Plant in Astoria, NY, have applied for air permits from the DEC. These plants want to construct new gas burners capable of using fracked gas. A 60 day public comment period began on July 1st and goes to August 29th. Here is your chance to be heard. Let them know about this illegal proposal by sending comments to Danskammerenergy@dec.ny.gov or through the stoptheplant.org website.
August 10, 2021