MEDIA ADVISORY: LONG ISLAND – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 5:00 PM
Utility giant National Grid is holding Long Island hostage, using scare tactics about a gas shortfall to push for construction of a fracked gas pipeline under New York harbor.
Senator Anna Kaplan is holding office hours on Monday. Activists will be calling upon her and other Long Island officials to demand that Governor Cuomo use his authority to stop this dangerous and unnecessary project.
WHAT: Rally: Senator Kaplan, Oppose the Williams Pipeline
WHEN: Monday, November 11, 2019; 5:00pmET
WHERE: 1 Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY 11514
WHO: Long Island residents and environmentalists, including: 350.org, Food & Water Action, Long Island Progressive Coalition, Long Island Sierra Club, South Shore Audubon Society, Nassau County Democratic Socialists of America, Green Party of Nassau County, Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor, Long Island Activists, 350Brooklyn, 350NYC, Sane Energy Project, New York Communities for Change, Stop the Williams Pipeline In New York Harbor Coalition, Show Up Long Island, All Our Energy, North Shore Audubon Society, Sunrise Movement NYC, Friends of the Earth US, Green Education and Legal Fund, and more!
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Contact: Gaby Cervantes, 350.org, 347-984-9543
Eric Weltman, Food & Water Action: 617-304-5330