![]() “The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) commends the action taken by Governor Hochul, Commissioner Seggos and the Departmental of Conservation (DEC) to deny the permits for these proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects today,” said Eric Wood, Regional Coordinator of NYPIRG. We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against the fossil fuel industry, and New York is showing true leadership in rejecting dirty energy and committing to the clean, renewable energy system all people deserve.” “Today, Governor Hochul made clear that fracked gas power plants have no place in New York’s energy future, heeding the call of environmental justice and climate advocates and community members who organized tirelessly for this climate victory. ![]() “The Sierra Club applauds Governor Hochul for denying the permits for the proposed Danskammer and Astoria NRG fracked gas power plants, citing their inconsistency with New York’s nation-leading climate law,” said Allison Considine, NY Campaign Representative with Sierra Club. We urge the Governor and the state legislature to create an energy system that is publicly owned and democratically controlled. ![]() New York State has passed zero climate legislation in the last two years, and our state is behind its climate goals. “We look forward to beating the fossil fuel industry again and again for the next decade. ”When working class people fight, we win: and today we defeated fossil fuel Goliath NRG,” said Stylianos Karolidis, NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Working Group. We expect similar decisions on polluting projects from National Grid’s fracked gas vaporizers in Brooklyn, to the proposed Gowanus power plant, and look forward to seeing state commitments to a truly clean energy future for New York - free of fossil fuels.” We hope Governor Hochul’s decisions to stop Danskammer and Astoria NRG are the first of the dominoes to fall. “New Yorkers can breathe a little easier today. Laura Shindell, Astoria-based Senior New York Organizer with Food & Water Watch said: The No Astoria NRG Plant Coalition calls on the Governor to stop other fossil fuel infrastructure projects currently moving forward, and enact real legislation that will ban all new fossil fuel infrastructure build a publicly-owned, democratically controlled energy system and repair the environmental injustices perpetrated against working-class communities. In order to head off the worst effects of the climate crisis, Governor Hochul must transition the state off fossil fuels entirely. While the Governor and the DEC’s decision is a critical first step in moving New York off fossil fuels, advocates warn that it is not enough. At public hearings on the project this summer, 156 New Yorkers testified against the project - only 12 speakers spoke in support. New Yorkers flooded the DEC with more than 6,000 public comments filed against the plant. The members of the No Astoria NRG Plant Coalition applaud the decision.Īn approved Astoria NRG fracked gas plant would have brought more fossil fuels onto the grid, spurring on the climate crisis and intensifying the public health crisis in New York’s heavily-polluted “asthma alley.” Throughout the state permitting process, the local community made it clear that they did not want more polluting infrastructure built in their neighborhood. Today’s decision tees up similar outcomes in the ongoing permitting processes of other polluting projects currently moving forward including the Gowanus repowering in Brooklyn. The decision is a victory for the No Astoria NRG Plant Coalition and broader state grassroots climate movement, who have been relentlessly organizing against the project for years. Today, Governor Hochul’s Department of Environmental Conservation rejected permits for the Astoria NRG fracked gas plant, shutting the project down and keeping polluting fossil fuels out of Astoria, Queens.
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