Genuine leadership on climate means taking bold positions that put people over fossil fuel profits. Governor Cuomo, it’s time to be the climate leader you claim to be and Walk The Talk Off Fossil Fuels by setting an example and halting the CPV Power Plant. While Governor Cuomo claims climate hero status by standing up to Trump’s desire to drill off our shores for oil by claiming, he would “commission a citizen fleet to stop it just as Winston Churchill did at Dunkirk,” he has continually ignored the pleas from the people of Orange County to stop the Valley Lateral pipeline and CPV fracked gas power plant. But then New York exercising its state rights was shut down by Second Circuit Court after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) complained New York took too long to say no. New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) even sited this project as detrimental to our climate and denied a crucial state water quality certificate the plant needed to build the Valley Lateral Pipeline to connect CPV with the Millenium transmission pipeline. The plant needed to have a Title V Clean Air. Last week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation declined to renew a crucial air permit the plant requires to begin operations in the state. has exploited and abused the residents of Orange Co. The Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) 680-megawatt fracked gas power plant in Wawayanda, New York has been dealt a blow. See VIDEO hot-off-the-pressĬompetitive Power Ventures, the developer of this controversial fracked gas power plant, working together with the Millennium Pipeline Co. In 2014 you banned fracking citing risks to public health, yet that same year you issued several state approvals for the massive 650 MW Fracked-Gas power plant.
I don't know the specifics of this specific plant.” But hang on! Ten months ago, he gave the same answer to a New York resident and member of Protect Orange County. The governor responded, “We are looking into it. Last week, on July 5th, Governor Cuomo was asked by a New York organizer for Food and Water Watch, if he will shut down the CPV Power Plant. Weeks after Cuomo’s former top-aide and childhood friend was found guilty on federal charges of conspiracy, bribery and fraud for construction Competitive Power Venture’s 680MW fracked gas power plant on the Millennium Pipeline in Orange Co, NY, Cuomo tells New York residents “I don't know the specifics of this specific plant,” ignoring the years of protest and thousands of letters, public hearing statements, calls and more from residents across New York State. The results of the analysis will be published by EHP in 2021 and all the data will be made available to Sustainable Warwick for future efforts to deny the permits required for them to operate.CUOMO CLAIMS NO SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF CPV POWER PLANT AS THEY REQUEST TO FIRE UP ON HIS WATCH You can do so by clicking the DONATE button to use your Paypal account or credit card. Scott Martens, a father of two young children from Middletown, saw folks protesting outside the construction site, stopped by and has been involved in the. We are appealing to all members who oppose the operation of this plant to make a donation to SW’s Infrastructure Committee to offset the cost of this monitoring program. The CPV fracked gas power plant will emit 700 tons of known carcinogens, neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors each year and will increase demand for fracking in neighboring Pennsylvania. Protect Orange County will also participate in this project. No New Gas Power Plants: Stop Sheridan Hollow Fracked Gas Microgrid, Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), Crickett Valley, Lincoln Park, and other proposed gas. for the monitors, connection to the internet, Speck monitors and analysis at an accredited lab. The total investment for SW is around $950. As part of the program, we’ll need to buy some equipment to be placed on 2 sites near the plant. We have been confirmed as one group to receive this training. September 2020 - Environmental Health Project receives grant from Park Foundation for training local environmental groups to monitor particulate matter and volatile matter within 2 miles of CPV Valley (Middletown) plant.
July 23, 2020 - Metzger’s Bill requiring a higher level of review for CPV Permit passes State Senate. July 9, 2020 - The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project (EHP) helps to address health concerns of residents who live near gas industry infrastructure. March 3, 2020 - Senator Metzger introduces bill to deny DEC permits for corrupt corporate behavior as department weighs CPV permit application.
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