Day 12
Today’s message goes out to both the governor and the commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Call and/or email them both!
Today’s Topic: The “Constitution” Pipeline would be an environmental disaster for New York.
Suggested Talking Points:
- Construction of two previous gas pipelines in New York both resulted in environmental devastation, which New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regulations were unable to control.
- These pipelines—the Iroquois and the Millennium—caused thousands of environmental violations resulting in extensive contamination to streams, rivers and wetlands.
- Williams Company (primary owner, builder and operator of the would-be “Constitution” pipeline) has one of the worst environmental and safety records in Pennsylvania and other states.
- Williams and their associates will cause the same damage in New York.
- Compliance reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection show that for the last four years, Williams has consistently disregarded best-management practices, ignored inspector’s cited violations, and repeated the same violations again and again, resulting in widespread water contamination.
- I’m asking Governor Cuomo and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to protect our state and its resources by saying NO the 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 them to the governor.
You can also email them to DEC commissioner Joseph Martens: joe.martens@dec.ny.gov.
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
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- 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.
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- 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:
- DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens: 518-402-8545; joe.martens@dec.ny.govDr. Howard Zucker, Acting Commissioner of Health: 518-474-2011
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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