Proposed Finger Lakes/Crestwood LPG Gas Storage Facility in Reading, NY is DEAD/Governor Cuomo Fulfilled our Requests to DENY a Critical Gas Storage Permit/Fractivists Help Safeguard Seneca Lake

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WRITING AMAZINGLY ELOQUENT REQUESTS TO REQUIRE GOVERNOR CUOMO TO SAFEGUARD SENECA LAKE FROM LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) STORAGE HAZARDS. THE GOVERNOR JUST PROVIDED A FAVORABLE REPLY!!!

Greetings Fractivists,

I am thrilled to report that all our unified hard work has once again been rewarded by winning yet another stupendous fossil fuel infrastructure victory. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your unrelenting efforts.

Governor Cuomo just fulfilled our request that he DENY the critical gas storage permit needed by Finger Lakes/Crestwood to pump LPG into abandoned salt caverns in Reading, NY with documented leakage concerns. The proposed LPG project is dead.

Wahoo!!! Down goes another fossil fuel infrastructure monstrosity that would have perpetuated New York's addiction to polluting hydrocarbons that contribute to global climate change. As I recently noted, our campaign is just on an incredible roll. Congrats.

See: NYS DEC Denies Permit Applications for Crestwood LPG Storage Project in Schuyler County

Read New York's statement: DEC Issues Decision Denying Applications for Finger Lakes LPG Storage Proposal

I commend everyone who phone banked Governor Cuomo and wrote powerful requests in support of our fossil fuel infrastructure moratorium. See below. We again proved that our political pens are mightier than the proverbial sword, particularly during electoral campaigns when candidates vie for each and every vote.

The proposed LPG facility involved a local battle that began circa 2009. Year after year, DEC steadfastly resisted citizen efforts to halt the proposed facility.

Long after activists stopped getting arrested in Reading, NY, DEC continued to review the gas storage permit application.

Last September, an administrative law judge ruled against project opponents. Their appeal was unresolved. The gas storage permit matter remained under consideration.

Toxics Targeting got involved in the fight beginning nearly two years ago by documenting Crestwood's pollution hazards, regulatory non-compliance and repeated contamination of Seneca Lake. Over time, we kept cranking up the heat on the Governor. Still he resisted our requests to DENY the key gas storage permit.

See a summary of our robust: Crestwood Gas Storage Campaign to Protect Seneca Lake

After salt cavern leakage concerns were publicly reported on 5/17/18 by the attorneys for Finger Lakes/Crestwood, Toxics Targeting quickly reviewed thousands of pages of gas storage permit application documents.

I was stunned to learn that DEC knew about the salt cavern leakage concerns circa 2011, but never required a comprehensive study of the potentially catastrophic problem. DEC's position was that the threat could be studied after a gas storage permit was issued. That made zero sense.

Toxics Targeting's analysis shed light on this critical concern and received important media coverage in early June.

This week the Schuyler County Legislature withdrew its support for the project after earlier adopting multiple resolutions in favor of LPG storage.

Then Governor Cuomo got deluged with our calls and letters. In a matter of days, he threw in the towel. Wow, big finish or what?

If you read New York's public statement, its rationale cites concerns that were documented years ago. I believe this underscores how the intense political forces we helped focus on Governor Cuomo ultimately decided the matter.

This landmark permit decision has now set a precedent that will strongly support all of our efforts to safeguard New York's public health and the environment, especially beleaguered waterbodies. With each hard-fought victory, our campaign grows stronger. Stay tuned.

In the meantime I invite you to gain inspiration for winning more battles by reading what kick-butt Fractivists wrote Governor Cuomo. They did exactly what I asked and echoed our laser-focused message with excellent results.

Thanks for all of your help. As someone recently noted, our campaign rocks.

Winning is better than losing. Onward and upward.

Cheers,

Walter

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Stop Seneca Lake Fossil Fuel Storage

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is S F and I live at __ Lane, Canandaigua, NY 14424.

I write today because It would be sheer idiocy to store anything on Seneca that has the potential to destroy the largest Finger Lake in NYS. Don’t Do IT! Fresh water must be protected at all costs!
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No additional fossil fuel infrastructure in NY!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

We are writing today because we are very concerned about the proliferation of plans for fossil fuel infrastructure in our state.

Scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

NY must wean itself off of polluting fossil fuels because it has ample availability of natural gas and petroleum products as well as excess electrical generating capacity to meet energy demand for at least ten years.

The September primary election is at hand and voters in NY will remember that your administration has repeatedly approved new infrastructure projects that would perpetuate our state's addiction to oil and natural gas for decades to come.

These projects include the Spectra and Algonquin Incremental Markets natural gas pipelines as well as the Competitive Power Ventures and Cricket Valley gas-fired power plants.

These facilities would exacerbate existing toxic pollution hazards in our state and contribute to global climate change. Approving new infrastructure is the opposite of what New York should be doing to solve its fossil fuel problems.

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STOP FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW YORK STATE

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is T G, I live in both NYC and Eldred, NY. I love this state and I hope you do, too, and that you will try to protect it.

I write today because I am deeply concerned about expanded fossil fuel infrastructure in NY state. I worked very hard with activists for years to stop fracking in NY state - and yet that victory is tempered with the building of infrastructure that brings fracked gas through the state. It is outrageous to me that we have to keep fighting this battle when we have scientific proof that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change. There is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Fossil fuels and the Finger Lakes

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is J K. I live on Cayuga Lake at __ Drive, Interlaken, NY 14847 .

I write today because of my concern for the future of the Finger Lakes Region as well as the entire State, region, country and planet. There is much to be concerned about at all levels but what is most important right now is realizing the way each issue is connected to all others. My immediate concern is for the status of the regional watershed but recognize the necessity of limiting the consumption of fossil fuels as a way of protecting our water supply.

Dealing with protecting any aspect of the natural environemnt feels overwhelming but that shouldn't stop us from taking positive action.. We need to start somewhere to reverse the trends we know will impact the lives of future generations.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Request That You Deny All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is M L and I live at __ Road, Waterville, NY. I write today because I work in the Tourism Industry in CNY and I Request That You Deny All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals. Further development of fossil fuel infrastructure in CNY and the Finger Lakes Region would have a seriously negative effect on tourism in NYS.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Gas Permit

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is A H and I live at __ Road, Garrison, NY 10524

I write today because I want you to DENY the Gas Storage Permit requested by Finger Lakes/Crestwood to pump Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into abandoned salt mine caverns with documented leakage concerns in Reading, NY (emphasis in the original).

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Your Legacy is about BIG decisions...

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is J J and I live at __ Street in Fairport, New York.

I write today because we have reached a watershed moment when we can quickly and safely abandon fossil fuel with renewable energy sources. An antique chandelier hanging in the library of our 19th-century home is a metaphor for a similar conundrum: the electrolier-gasolier. It was designed to use both earth gas AND electricity during an indecisive time in the late nineteenth century. We are at such a crossroads now: your decision will have profound consequences for many generations of New Yorkers to come.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Deny new permits, protect New Yorkers!

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is S __. My family and I live at __ Rd., Livingston Manor, NY. I am an organic farmer, a technologist, small businessman, and family man .

I write today because my children's future is at stake, and every day it is continuously at stake because corporate grasp is never idle, and government control is slipping at an ever faster rate, but you sir have the power to change that.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Stop all fracking infrastructure

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is M B and I live at _ Circle, Ithaca, NY_ .

I write today because it is imperative that we end all use of fossil fuels and stop all fracking and fracking infrastructure__.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Seneca Lake

Dear Governor Cuomo:

As a former resident of Ithaca, NY, it is heart-breaking and totally unacceptable to hear of plans to put gas under Seneca Lake. The beauty of that lake and all the others, the delight in all the activities that take place in the areas waters -- it is just unthinkable to put all that Life at risk.

Put yourself there, and think about what you would feel.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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denial of gas storage permit

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is L G I live at ___ Rd, Syracuse, NY .

I write today because I want you to DENY the gas storage permit requested by Finger Lakes/Crestwood to pump liquefied petroleum gas into abandoned salt mine caves with documented leakage in Reading, NY.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Deny fossil fuel infrastructure build /store/transport requests in Seneca salt cavern/Crestwood, and throughout NYS

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is P J and I live in Cortland, NY .

I write today because i am requesting that you deny fall fossil fuel infrastructure requests at Seneca Lake/Crestwood salt caverns which have documented instabilities. Further, invest in solar and wind and geothermal and deny all fossil fuel infrasture build requests in NYS.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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environmental

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is G S and I live at __ Road, Rochester, NY 14612.

I write today because you must deny the FingerLakes/Crestwood permit to pump liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) into the abandoned salt mine cavers with documented leakage concerns in Reading, NY.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Governor Cuomo Please DENY All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is Laura__ and I live at __ Earlville, NY.

I write today because we don't need more polluting gas infrastructure projects.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Removing Fossil Fuel hazards from our New York State

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is R O and I live at __ Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 .

I write today because I am extremely concerned to get fossil fuel projects cancelled and removed from New York state as quickly and effectively as possible.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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deny all fossil fuel infrastructure approvals in New York

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is M A and I live at __ St., Rochester, NY 14620.

I write today because I am asking you to deny all fossil fuel infrastructure approvals in New York_.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Deny Seneca Lake gas storage permit

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is F S and I live at __ Rd., Trumansburg, NY.

I write today to implore you to deny the Seneca Lake has storage permit.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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No Gas Storage in Wine Country

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is J K and I live in Rochester, NY at __ Dr

I write today because I believe the environment in NYS is at risk. As a wine enthusiast I am concerned that the burgeoning wine industry could be threatened by unwise environmental projects.

I'm sure you know that scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, and there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Sustainable energy

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is S S and I live at __ Rd, High Falls, Marbletown, NY 12440.

I write today because we are counting on you to do the right thing for our beautiful state by protecting us from the dangers of fossil fuels and promoting more sustainable energy every day.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Governor Cuomo Please DENY All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is E M and I live at __ Rd., Cornwallville NY .

I write today because I am very concerned about the future of our earth, and all of humanity's future upon it. We have been experiencing record breaking heat, and this is only the beginning of what will prove to be fatal to us all, unless we act to reduce emissions from fossil fuels immediately.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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NY Shows the way

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is E G and I lived in Rochester, Livonia and Brighton, NY for 36 years and I plan on returning to that shining beacon of progressive democracy.

I write today because I love New York and I am proud of the way it has led the U.S. in dealing with the very real disaster called "Climate Change”.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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HydroFracked gas storage

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is C M. W and I live at __ Rd., Livonia, NY 14487. My husband and I love you and all our fellow man to build a smaller more efficient passive design building mostly with our own sweet at age 52. Now at 56, we’ve paid physically and are still working at its efficiency in other ways b/c we care.

I write today because using extreme fossil fuels is beyond an addictive habit by humanity. It is destroying our planet among other human activities faster than we can turn around at this rate. We must live as if the only way is to give back to the earth at every turn. Be carbon neutral at every scientific and pragmatic action we can take as a social collective!

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Deny Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is T H and I live at __ Way, Ithaca, New York.

I write today because the world is changing from fossil fuels to renewable energy and you must deny requests for more fossil fuel projects in New York state. You've done this before by banning fracking, and now is the time to continue your leadership in this area.

Scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Governor Cuomo Please DENY All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is J A and I live at __ Drive, Syracuse.

I write today because I'm concerned about the planet we're leaving our grandchildren.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Fossil fuel infastructure

Dear Governor Cuomo:

My name is C C and I live at _Place Pittsford NY 14534_ .

I write today because _NY must continue to be a leader in renewable energy, not fossil fuel burning_.

At a time when scientific concerns are greater than ever that burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, there is a growing consensus that every state in the nation must reduce consumption of oil, natural gas and coal to the maximum extent feasible.

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Governor Cuomo Please DENY All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Approvals

Dear Governor Cuomo:

The proposed natural gas storage facility in Reading New York sounds like a loser:

1 Schuyler County officially withdrew its support;

2 The operating company, Crestwood, has described the caverns as lacking in the needed integrity.

3 There is a large vocal group that has opposed this on technical grounds.

4 Crestwood is ending its work on project according to their own press releases: “bids for firm storage capacity which Arlington has received from time to time are not adequate to support the investment required to bring the project to completion,

Surely Governor, you have other ways to spend your time and political capital than to allow this LPG permit proceeding to continue any longer. Deny the Gas Storage Permit requested by Finger Lakes/Crestwood to pump Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) into salt caverns with documented leakage concerns.