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Five Days to Kill the Dominion New Market Pipeline/Extensive Press Coverage Launches New Coordinated Campaign/Call and Write Governor Cuomo Till You Drop

Go, Go, Go. Use this Quick Action Guide to Kill the $158 Million Dominion New Market Pipeline Project

Greetings,
Our campaign to stop the Dominion New Market Pipeline Project is off to a rip-roaring start, but Fractivists must deluge Governor Cuomo with letters and calls all this week or he could approve the massive expansion of an existing 200-mile long pipeline despite numerous documented water quality violations.

Proposed Pipeline Project Meets Resistance from Local Environmentalists


ITHACA, N.Y. -- Local environmental groups are speaking out about the new proposed expansion of a pipeline that would run through the Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley.

Environmental Group Weighs in on Proposed HHDS Compressor

Ithaca (WENY) -- As WENY News reported earlier this week, there is a pending project with Dominion Transmission, Inc. called "New Market Project" involving the construction of a new compressor station in the town of Veteran, near Horseheads.

Group cites Dominion spills in asking pipeline permit denial





An environmental advocacy and consulting group is calling on the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to deny Dominion Transmission's request for a water quality certification permit that is necessary to upgrade the company's pipeline.

Environmental group releases record of spills at pipeline proposed for expansion




ALBANY — A gas pipeline proposed for expansion has been beset by a series of spills dating back to the early 1990s, according to documents obtained by an environmental group.

Gas pipeline facility in Ithaca has uncleaned spills; now they want to expand it









Photo by Michael Smith/The Ithaca Voice


ITHACA, NY - A plan to expand the 200-mile Dominion natural gas pipeline that runs through Ithaca is in the works, but local activists are gearing up to fight it.

Local environmentalist: Cuomo should help stop pipeline expansion











ITHACA — A local environmentalist is urging the community to tell Governor Cuomo to deny a key certification for a pipeline expansion project.

Fossil fuel infrastructure targeted







Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton spoke about a moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure in Binghamton earlier this month.

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D/WFP-125th District) and 21 other state lawmakers are asking Governor Andrew Cuomo to impose a statewide moratorium on permits for new pipelines, compressor stations, power plants and gas storage facilities. Earlier this month, Lifton penned the sign-on letter to the governor outlining environmental and health concerns.

Activists call for Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Ban in NY


BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -
A number of environmental activists and 22 members of the State Legislature are calling on Governor Cuomo to prohibit permits for new fossil fuel infrastructure.

Lifton, Hang call for moratorium on fossil fuel projects











BINGHAMTON — State lawmakers are joining with activists from our local area to push Governor Cuomo to put a hold on fossil fuel development.

Lifton: Ban more fossil fuel development in NY









Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca, and Walter Hang of the Ithaca-based Toxics Targeting Inc., announce in Binghamton on July 7, 2016 an initiative to halt further fossil fuel infrastructure development in New York.
(Photo: Jeff Platsky/Press & Sun-Bulletin)


Stop further fossil fuel development in New York, say 22 state legislators who are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to halt New York's reliance on "highly polluting" energy sources.

Letter to Governor Cuomo calls for moratorium of fossil fuel infrastructure

BINGHAMTON, N.Y.

A number of state lawmakers are looking for more action from Governor Cuomo to prevent more investment in fossil fuels.

Fractivists call for prohibiting all forms of fracking

Local fractivists are calling on Governor Cuomo to prohibit all forms of fracking, not just methods that involve water.

Toxics Targeting Fights Waterless Hydraulic Fracking


BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Toxics Targeting is fighting against waterless hydraulic fracking.

State asks for more information on potentially allowable fracking plan




ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is requesting more information about a proposal to frack for natural gas in the Southern Tier using propane and sand rather than water.

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