The department laid out its decision in technical terms, noting that construction would contaminate New York’s waters with mercury and copper. Officials at City Hall did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.In a statement announcing the denial, the conservation department did not refer to the firestorm that had preceded its decision, aside from noting that it had received comments from more than 45,000 people about the project - 90 percent of whom opposed it. “This is really personal to me because it started in my neighborhood.”Ī spokesman for the state Public Service Commission said in an email Thursday that the agency “has instituted a proceeding to examine the way National Grid and all of the state’s local gas distribution companies plan for the future of the natural gas system.” “Would this happen in a rich, white neighborhood?” activist Gabriel Jamison, 24, said at Thursday’s protest. Residents complained that the controversial pipeline project was approved and launched without input from or notice to the community, the Eagle reported. “Stopping the pipeline is environmental, racial, and economic justice.” “This is a public health issue,” community activist Anna Leidecker said at the rally. Last month, the community staged a rally with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who called the project part of “a polluted, racist legacy” that targets minority communities, according to a report in The Brooklyn Eagle. The pipeline has long been under fire by Brownsville residents. “New Yorkers are standing up against a fracked gas pipeline that will threaten our city and our climate,” Stringer wrote. NYC Comptroller and mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer retweeted the group - which says it’s opposed to “fossil fuel expansion in North Brooklyn” and footing the bill - voicing his support. Paul MartinkaĪn NYPD spokesman confirmed the unscheduled demonstration of roughly 20 activists at Montrose and Manhattan avenues in Williamsburg and “officers were on scene to keep the peace.” National Grid's North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline. “But so many elected officials, specifically Cuomo, who has the power to stop this pipeline, and Mayor de Blasio, who has the power to pull the permits for construction have not listened to the please of the community.” “We’ve done teach-ins, we have a petition with over 11,000 signatures, and so people are definitely behind this,” Tsomo said. “We are escalating because we’ve done so many steps of action leading up to this and our concerns have not been heard,” protester Anna Tsomo, a 21-year-old CUNY student, told The Post. More than a dozen remained near the site demonstrating against the project. The protesters shut down construction of the controversial pipeline for three hours, with four activists getting arrested by police after chaining themselves inside two pits, the NYPD said.Ī video shows two of the members underground with the pipeline around 10 a.m., their arms taped into a red cardboard tube that read, “Frack out of Brooklyn.” Taliban violently disperses protests from Afghan womenĪ group of climate activists halted work on a Brooklyn gas pipeline Thursday when they descended into the underground construction site and refused to leave.Įnvironmental group No North Brooklyn Pipeline posted Thursday morning that “Brooklyn community members have locked down the National Grid’s North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline halting construction.” Inmates barricade themselves inside a New Orleans prison pod Notorious vegan activist Tash Peterson strips down in Louis Vuitton store - againĨ0-year-old who was banned by YMCA for confronting trans worker gets heckled at rally
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