Stop the Gowanus Fracked Gas Plant!

New York has committed to achieving 100% renewable electricity by 2040. Despite this, fracked gas power plant proposals are popping up in the highly dense neighborhoods, including one by Sunset Park in Brooklyn.

The Gowanus proposal aims to repower a massive 640 MW fracked gas plant, posing huge risks to the air and water of the local community -- and worsening our climate crisis by burning dirty fossil fuels around the clock.

On its own, the Gowanus fracked gas project would make it virtually impossible to hit the climate goals New York just enacted into law. But in the midst of the coronavirus, it's a death sentence for at-risk individuals.

Sign below to tell Cuomo and the Public Service Commission to reject the dirty Gowanus plant and all other fracked gas infrastructure.

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Stop the Gowanus Fracked Gas Plant in NYC!

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Dear Governor Cuomo and Public Service Commission,

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Please stop the proposed Gowanus fracked gas repowering project by Sunset Park.

We cannot achieve the goals laid out in your Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) if any more fracked gas plants are approved. In particular, the Gowanus fracked gas proposal threatens vulnerable Environmental Justice communities in New York City and can only compound the problems around our current public health crisis highlighted by the coronavirus.

This February, Mayor DeBlasio signed an executive order formalizing New York City’s opposition to all new fossil fuel infrastructure. This historic step followed the same grassroots activism that spurred your denial of the Williams pipeline and your response to National Grid’s fraudulent moratorium on new gas hookups. Despite all the writing on the wall, the Astoria Generating Company is still attempting to bolster profits by pushing their dirty fracked gas plant at the cost of New York City residents.

On top of the devastating climate impacts New York already faces, fracked gas plants like Gowanus increase harmful emissions, including methane and benzene, in our air. According to American Lung Association, these toxins are lethal pollutants and pose significant public health risks to vulnerable individuals. The Gowanus fracked gas plant would spew these toxic emissions right by high-density neighborhoods throughout Sunset Park and Park Slope, devastating its residents’ air quality.  Furthermore, New York City hosts several neighborhoods notorious for bad air (like Asthma Alley in the South Bronx) and more fracked gas simply makes a bad situation untenable.

If the coronavirus has taught us anything, it’s how important it is to take care of our health and put the public good first. Poor air quality and compromised health are guarantees if you permit any more fossil fuel infrastructure. There is no doubt that fossil fuel-linked air pollution is a killer and could make the COVID-19 pandemic even more deadly.

New York City has said no to the fossil fuel industry. For the sake of our planet, our health and our beloved city, I urge you to stop the Gowanus fracked gas plant and commit to achieving the goals in your climate law by stopping all fossil fuel projects before you. At a time when officials like Trump continue to mishandle our climate and current public health crises, we look to New York to lead the way off fossil fuels and onto a clean and healthy future.

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