Joe Martens will step down as commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on July 23. We’re asking you to join the thousands of New Yorkers who are calling on him to DENY the permits for the “Constitution” Pipeline before he leaves.
In his recent Findings Statement on hydrofracking, Joe Martens said the DEC is preempted by the Natural Gas Act. But this isn’t true. The DEC has the authority to stop the Constitution Pipeline under the Clean Water Act.
Joe should say NO to this project because allowing it to proceed would require clear-cutting more than 700,000 trees. Allowing it to proceed would also require digging and blasting through hundreds of pristine Catskills streams—all so a giant corporation can transport fracked gas through New York and on to Canada for export. This pipeline would cost New York millions, if not billions, in increased erosion and flood damage, contaminated water, trout kills, decreased property values and tourism revenue, road and bridge damage, increased safety risks and, ultimately, much higher gas bills.
Click here to send Joe an email, or call and leave him a voicemail (518 402-8545). Remind him that states’ rights preempt FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)! The DEC has the power to stop the Constitution Pipeline under the Clean Water Act.
In his recent Findings Statement on hydrofracking, Joe Martens said the DEC is preempted by the Natural Gas Act. But this isn’t true. The DEC has the authority to stop the Constitution Pipeline under the Clean Water Act.
Joe should say NO to this project because allowing it to proceed would require clear-cutting more than 700,000 trees. Allowing it to proceed would also require digging and blasting through hundreds of pristine Catskills streams—all so a giant corporation can transport fracked gas through New York and on to Canada for export. This pipeline would cost New York millions, if not billions, in increased erosion and flood damage, contaminated water, trout kills, decreased property values and tourism revenue, road and bridge damage, increased safety risks and, ultimately, much higher gas bills.
Click here to send Joe an email, or call and leave him a voicemail (518 402-8545). Remind him that states’ rights preempt FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)! The DEC has the power to stop the Constitution Pipeline under the Clean Water Act.
