Over 1,000 residents from Western Queens NYCHA developments and leaders of the NYCHA branch of the NAACP endorsed a project that would bring renewable energy from upstate through the Ravenswood Generating Station on Monday.
The Catskills Renewable Connector is in the last phase of review by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority as part of an initiative to ease the city’s reliance on fossil fuel energy.
“Environmental justice is a civil rights issue,” said Lynn Spivey, president of the NAACP-NYCHA branch. “For generations, communities of color have been forced to live next to toxic plants – poisoning the air they breathe, spreading illness and asthma, and limiting the spaces where their children can play.”
“Now is the time for justice,” she added. “This proposal, this moment, is our opportunity to come together and create healthy, sustainable communities for everyone.”
The 1,200 MegaWatt project would transform the fossil fuel-powered plant into a conduit for renewable energy, slashing the city’s carbon emissions equivalent to taking nearly 400,000 cars off the road, according to Ravenswood Generating owners Rise Light and Power.
If the proposal is selected by NYSERDA, it would lower carbon dioxide emissions by 15 percent in New York City and by 10 percent across the state by 2030 through the delivery of wind and solar power.
In addition to CO2, fossil fuel-powered plants emit other greenhouse gases and particulate matter which contribute to air pollution — a problem residents of the neighborhood dubbed “asthma alley” are eager to remedy.
18 comments:
What happens when the wind stops and the sun goes down/blocked by clouds ?
Uuugh! I hate all that clean air and clean water stuff. I'm moving to West Virginia.
It's best not to piss off the woke Green New Scam crowd. It's bad for business.
"I'm moving to West Virginia" Say hello to the best Senator Joe Manchin !
Propaganda- tear down NYCHA
Can't wait for all the libtard tears when the power goes out !
Green Energy hub that's a good one.
"One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”
-Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Re: "What happens when the wind stops and the sun goes down/blocked by clouds ?"
Then you have to wait until the next sunny day to watch OAN.
The Biden sychophants are going to be repeatedly surprised as their idiotic policies catch on fire and burn off their eyebrows and hair. Expect it.
Clean wind turbines that are supposed to usher in a utopia of green, pristine power.
It is the phony environmentalists who are destroying our environment and economy.
Scientists and atmospheric physicists know as fact 'Global Warming' is a scam. But it's not politically correct to say so. There is zero correlation between fossil fuel use and the sea level. Besides, more carbon dioxide has been spouted by volcanoes over the centuries than all vehicles and jet planes combined.
Sheeple you have been brainwashed !
The "Green" New Deal is a fraud and the environmental mafia is stealing our freedom.
Ron no one has a monopoly over truth even you Mr. Know-it-all.
Why cant we have a good old fashioned coal power plant right here in the middle of Queens.
I love the smell of burning coal in the morning!
Somehow I doubt any NYCHA residents care about Green any thing - unless paid to do so- is George Soros handing out $20’s, carfare & free lunch for them to
Attend these snooze feats?
This is what happens when indoctrinated kids become adults in Liberalism.
They will believe the Paris Climate Steal is good for America !
This is nothing but a emissions “reparations” scam, wake up sheeple....
Stop The Climate Stupidity
The climate "Greenies" have no clothes.
All the evidence says that the more carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere, the better. Prove me wrong...
Hey "the sheeple" - the environmental impact of all the mining for the rare earth metals and other components needed for so-called "green energy", plus the difficulty of recycling dead toxic batteries, is far worse than a properly run natural gas power station. Plus you cannot produce and maintain base load with windmills and solar panels.
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