“NRG has spent decades poisoning Astoria with fossil fuel emissions, and now that environmental laws have forced them to shut down their old plant, they’re trying to replace it not with the renewables we need, but a fracked gas peaker that would make them more money,” said Lyons. NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Organizer Sarah Lyons said the time for public power is now. He added that there is “no combination of renewable energy that exists today to meet the growing energy needs of New York City,” and that if the project doesn’t go through, they risk “California-style rolling blackouts, which Queens and New York City simply cannot afford.” Photo by Dean Moses “The project will replace 50-year-old turbines with state-of-the-art technology, which will reduce on-site air emissions by up to 99 percent per hour - meaning cleaner air, lower emissions and reliable power when New Yorkers need it most.” That’s why NRG expects to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with New York’s nation-leading climate goals,” said Schrader. “Queens residents can’t wait for solutions that are 10 years away – they need cleaner air as soon as possible. In response to the march, NRG Spokersperson Dave Schrader said they are looking to replace the existing power plant. “We have to organize, organize, organize.” “I cannot believe that they are allowing this to somehow continue knowing how bad of an actor NRG is,” she said. Ramos said NRG has “no business being in our district.” The march comes months after the public power coalition held a town hall in which Gianaris, Astoria Councilman Costa Constantinides and Assemblymen Ron Kim and Brian Barnwell expressed their support of bills that would enact a public power utility. Just outside of the #NRG #PowerPlant addresses the group of #protesters /zHh9NeWZ1A The skies are orange, the entire west coast of the country is burning, and that is because we have not moved fast enough to get off of fossil fuels and onto renewable energy.” “All you have to do is turn on your television, look what’s happening in California, for God’s sake. “Whether people know it or not, anyone that supports fossil fuel production today is a climate change denier,” said Gianaris. Gianaris and Ramos were among the speakers who spoke about the importance of green energy. “The state must reject the proposal to lock in continued carbon pollution at NRG’s Astoria facilities, implement a moratorium on all new fossil fuel infrastructure, end all fossil fuel subsidies, and make whatever investments are necessary to fully decarbonize our economy and transition to 100 percent renewable energy,” “We cannot let our community continue to pump more carbon into the atmosphere and contribute to more of this devastation in the future,” said Mamdani. Mamdani, who is endorsed by NYC-DSA, echoed Stringer’s comments. The march ended at the proposed location of the proposed NRG Power Plant. Chants included “Whose air? Our air!” “Hey, hey, Cuomo! Fossil fuels have got to go!” “They get rich, we get sick, NRG is full of it!” Photo by Dean MosesĪt one point, a little boy led the march, chanting, “No more gas, no more oil! Keep the carbon in the soil!” Photo by Dean Moses “This proposal, just as any further expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, is incompatible with our climate goals.”Īt the march, organizers asked seniors and children to lead the march, so they could dictate the speed. The new report, published by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, brings together the findings of more 1,700 studies, articles and reports tying fracking activities to a host of health problems including birth defects, cancer and asthma.“The state should not allow NRG to advance this new project under the auspices of regulatory permissions granted nearly a decade ago and should instead insist that the project account for the profound harm fossil fuel infrastructure poses to our communities and our climate,” Stringer wrote. fracking-frack_pads.jpgFracking pads and roads, seen here from the air, can turn a rural landscape into a network of industrial infrastructure. Now, a new metastudy details its adverse effects on the local environment, the climate and human health. New York Study: Fracking Causes Environmental Damage, Birth Defectsīy Public Radio International | July 31, 2019įracking has revolutionized the extraction of oil and gas in just a few years, but this highly efficient method comes with environmental and health risks.
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