At Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Affected Residents to Warn of Grave Danger to Long Island from Climate Change Caused by Fossil Fuels
(Long Beach, NY) Hundreds of Long Island residents will join with local activists and community leaders on Saturday to rally against an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that has been proposed for installation just off the southern coast of Nassau County.
The crowd will gather on the boardwalk to highlight numerous public safety, economic, environmental and climate-related threats the facility would pose to Long Islanders.Activists will call on Governor Cuomo to reject the proposal immediately. This event is one of more than 200 taking place around the world on Saturday as part of the second annual Global Frackdown (www.globalfrackdown.org), a worldwide day of action against fracking and related oil and gas infrastructure, initiated by Food & Water Watch.
Who: Long Island residents and community leaders, including:
- David Denenberg, Nassau County Legislator
- Eric Weltman, Food & Water Watch
- Claudia Borecky, Nassau Co. Coalition of Civic Associations
- Matthew Kearns, Sierra Club
- Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
- Lou Sabatini, MoveOn.org
- Ron Kuriloff, Nassau Co. Green Party
What: Rally against the proposed Port Ambrose offshore LNG facility
When: Saturday, Oct. 19, 1:00 PM
Where: Long Beach Boardwalk at National Blvd., Long Beach, NY 11561
Photo-Op: Large crowd with signs, banners, etc
Food & Water Watch (www.foodandwaterwatch.org) works to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping the global commons – our shared resources – under public control.
