Day 29

30 Days to Stop the Pipeline

Call Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390

Day 29

Today’s Topic: The costs related to the “Constitution” pipeline would be devastating to local communities.

Suggested Talking Points:

  • If the “Constitution” pipeline is built, its Houston- and Tulsa-based parent companies would reap huge profits. What would New York communities receive in return? Devastating economic, environmental, health and quality-of-life impacts.
  • One thousand acres of forest would be permanently clear-cut for this pipeline, guaranteeing more severe and costly floods.
  • Heavy construction vehicles used for building huge pipelines like this one would ravage small country roads, which are not engineered for such traffic. Local towns, not the pipeline company, would end up footing the bill for repairs—which often run in the millions—or paying costly legal fees to sue the companies for damages.
  • As Representative Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has said, “This is life or death. Pipelines blow up and people die.” Most of the towns along Constitution’s proposed route have small, underfunded volunteer fire and EMT departments that are not capable of handling high-pressure gas explosions.
  • The Southern Tier and Northwest Catskills depend on outdoor recreation and tourism for their economic survival. Replacing the regions’ pristine streams, fresh air and beautiful natural landscape with ravaged roads, deforested hillsides and muddied streams would severely harm their recreational tourism appeal.
  • Other businesses that depend on an environment free of the dangers of heavy industry would also suffer. These include farms, breweries, distilleries, wineries, u-pick operations, outdoor festivals and markets, bed-and-breakfasts, barn-wedding venues, garden centers, farm-to-table restaurants and rural real estate.
  • Though still only a proposed pipeline, the fear and worry of it becoming a reality has been adversely affecting the mental health of the communities it threatens for three years. Landowners along the proposed route are suffering from acute stress, anxiety and depression.
  • Governor Cuomo, DEC Commissioner Martens and acting Health Commissioner Zucker: Rural lives matter. Protect the people of central New York by stopping the Constitution pipeline.

Call today, call tomorrow!

Call, call, CALL. Governor Cuomo: 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative.

If you are extremely shy or have already called and want to double the impact of your message…cut and paste the topic and bullet points above and email the Governor: gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us

Last request: SHARE this email with everyone you know. Together, we will stop this pipeline AND the spread of fracked-gas infrastructure in New York State.


Make a Donation to help Stop The Pipeline

Call Governor Cuomo right now at 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative. If you leave a voice message, be sure to spell your name and include your zip code.
 
Double your impact by sending today’s topic and bullet points to the governor gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us
 
AND to these decision-makers:
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman212-416-8000; eric.schneiderman@ag.ny.gov

 
DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens:518-402-8545;joe.martens@dec.ny.gov

Dr. Howard Zucker, Acting Commissioner of Health:

518-474-2011

dohweb@health.ny.gov

Each weekday, from now until May 11th, Stop the Pipeline will focus on a different reason why the Constitution Pipeline would be harmful to New York’s land, water, air and people.

YOUR phone calls are what helped us win a ban on fracking in New York. YOUR phone calls will help us stop the Constitution Pipeline, too.

A Quick Snapshot

This 30-inch-diameter, 124-mile-long high-pressure pipeline would carry fracked gas from Pennsylvania, through the forests, farms, fields and front yards of New York residents, and on to Canada for export.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) can stop this Un-Constitutional Pipeline by DENYING the necessary permits.

How can you help?

Use the talking points in this email to tell Governor Cuomo and others why this project should be stopped.

Feel free to elaborate on how the pipeline would adversely affect you, your home, business, family, friends and neighbors.

Call Governor Cuomo right now at 518-474-8390. Press #3 to speak with a representative.


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