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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, October 2, 2019
PUBLIC AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
WHAT: Lloyd Town Board
WHEN: 5 p.m.
WHERE: Lloyd Town Hall
12 Church St., Highland.
Kayakers paddle to protest Danskammer
WHAT: Plattekill Town Board
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Plattekill Town Hall
1915 Rte. 44/55, Modena.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
WHAT: Marlboro School Board
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marlborough Town Hall
21 Milton Tnpk, Milton.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
WHAT: Marlborough Planning Board
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marlborough Town Hall
21 Milton Tnpk, Milton.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
WHAT: Highland Fire Commissioners
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Highland Fire House
25 Milton Ave., Highland.
WHAT: Marlboro Fire Commissioners
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marlboro Fire House
14 Grand St., Marlboro.
WHAT: Milton Fire Commissioners
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Milton Fire House
21 Main St. Milton.
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The kayakers paddled across the Hudson River to protest Danskammer’s proposal to build a new power plant.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last Monday a group of Kayakers
paddled out across the Hudson River
from the shore of Wappinger Creek near
Reese Park in Dutchess County and
over to the Danskammer Power Plant in
Orange County to send a clear and simple
message to Governor Cuomo; stop the
new proposed Danskammer Power Plant.
Andrew Pezzullo, of Food and Water
Action, said their mission is to help
communities protect their air and water
and to secure, “a livable future for all.”
Pezzullo said his organization and
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Samtosh Nandabalan, of Food and Water Action, holds a sign with a message for the
Governor.
many others have fought long and hard
to protect the Hudson River, “and to get
people to know more of what’s happening
at Danskammer Point.” He said a new
natural gas fired power plant is being
proposed next to the old one.
“It is a direct threat to the river and
a direct threat to river communities; the
river towns of Newburgh and Wappingers
especially,” he said.
Pezzullo said the contention that once
the Indian Point nuclear power plant
closes in Peekskill in 2021, significant
shortages of electricity will follow. He
called this a “great argument, but it’s a
lie.” He said the NYS Independent System
Operators released a report in 2014 that,
“conclusively states that we’re OK with
Indian Point closing [and] we meet our
needs with a variety of other solutions;
energy efficiency, demand response, new
renewable generation and importantly
transmission line improvements and
the state has already covered any mega-
watt deficit that’s left by Indian Point’s
closure.”
Pezzullo’s reference to a transmission
problem refers to getting electricity
from the less populated areas upstate to
downstate where far more people reside.
“There are thousands of megawatt
improvements to transmission lines that
have already occurred to cover Indian
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