FRACKED GAS POWER PLANTS AND GROUND OZONE UPGRADE
Cities and towns that have become fully informed typically do not end up voting against our upgrade project.” We would still welcome all of these municipalities the opportunity to meet with Danskammer and ask any questions they may have. “As stewards for their communities, it’s incumbent upon elected officials to fully educate themselves on a subject before voting on a resolution, symbolic or not. “It’s disheartening that communities are passing resolutions full of lies and misinformation without reaching out to the company for more details on the project or reviewing our Article 10 application,” said Michelle Hook, Danskammer vice president for public affairs. “So, for many of these municipalities, there is a realization that our state should and can be expanding renewable energy.”
“With the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, it actually would be in violation of our safe climate goals to expand fracked gas infrastructure,” she said. Hudson Valley organizer for Food and Water Watch, Emily Skydel, said the new plant would present dangers to public health and air quality of the area. MID-HUDSON – A total of 20 municipalities in the Hudson Valley have adopted resolutions opposed to the plan to build a new fracked gas power plant at the site of the existing Danskammer facility in the Town of Newburgh.