PARTY THIS SUNDAY APR 13TH!!!
So it's TIME TO CELEBRATE and say THANK YOU to the community who helped make this long 7 year struggle a success.
Beer, food, music, and a sneak peek at the future of the Bushwich Inlet
Sunday April 13th
2-6pm
Brooklyn Brewery (79 N 11th St)
FREE
Children welcome!
March 20, 2008 - SITING BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DISMISS THE TRANSGAS POWER PLANT PROPOSAL.
The New York State Siting Board has voted unanimously to dismiss the TransGas power plant proposal. The board found the project was not in the public interest and has cleared the way for the City to create a 28-acre waterfront park on the Bushwick Inlet. TransGas has the right to appeal, but we fully expect that they will be completely unsuccessful.
Congratulations and thank you to our elected officials, the lawyers who helped prepare the case, Columbia Law School Environmental Law Clinic, Pace Energy Project, and to the hundreds of community volunteers who have worked so hard over the years to stop the power plant from destroying our neighborhood.
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Our
neighborhood is their target! TGE's plans include tons of toxic emissions,
threats to community-supported waterfront development, and a 325 foot tall
smokestack! Is there an alternative?
In the spring of 2001, TransGas Energy Systems, LLC ("TGE") launched an
aggressive campaign to construct an 1100-megawatt power plant, the
largest of its kind in New York City, on the nine-acre site between
North 12th and North 14th Streets, from Kent Avenue to the East River,
in the heart of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg community. The
Greenpoint/Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force, a growing coalition of
more than 70 community groups, quickly organized to stop the TGE
project, which poses a serious threat to public health, principles of
environmental justice, and the hoped-for revitalization of our community
waterfront.
