Help Fight Climate Change

Call the Governor & tell him to deny fossil fuel infrastructure expansion! 1-518-474-8390
Check out the video from our October 15, 2020 Make Polluters Pay event with New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Climate change is the most urgent issue of our time. The last five years have been the hottest in recorded history, and a warming planet has dire consequences. Climate change causes extreme weather — bringing more intense and frequent heat waves, severe droughts, heavier rainfall, dangerous flooding, and outbreaks of deadly disease.

Burning fossil fuels is a leading contributor to climate change, and the oil and gas industry has known this for decades. Yet, instead of alerting the world to these dangers and curbing fossil fuel extraction, they used hot-wired lobbyists and campaign contributions to bamboozle the public and undermine action.

Experts have said that the best way to curb global warming is to leave fossil fuels in the ground. In 2014, New York banned hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas; a courageous decision to combat climate change. That decision should have been a turning point in the fight against global warming. The state could have begun to make rapid transitions and investments into energy efficiency and renewable energy. However, New York has allowed new fossil fuel projects including: oil and gas pipelines, storage facilities, gas compressor stations, and gas-electric conversion plants.

New York cannot break its addiction to fossil fuels and move to a renewable future by permitting new infrastructure that will lock us into decades of fossil fuel use.

TAKE ACTION TODAY! Call Governor Cuomo today to urge him to use the State’s powers to deny permits, Water Quality Certifications, or other regulatory approvals for transmission pipelines, power generating plants, compressor stations, and fossil fuel infrastructure projects that are environmental hazards and would perpetuate New York’s dependence on burning natural gas, coal, and oil for energy generation. Tell the Governor: No more fossil fuel infrastructure!

Call Today: 1-518-474-8390

With climate deniers firmly in control of national policies, it will be up to the states to hold corporate polluters accountable. The Office of the New York State Attorney General is currently leading an investigation into whether the oil industry misled investors, regulators and the public about climate change and thwarted efforts that would curb emissions of greenhouse gases.

Oil and Gas corporations must tell the public and their shareholders the truth about their role in accelerating the pace of climate change. The Office of the New York State Attorney General is one of the last checks on the immense power of the Oil and Gas industry. This is a David vs. Goliath issue, and it will shape the planet for years and decades to come. Join us in urging the Attorney General to pursue the investigation to the fullest extent of the law.

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Big Oil and Gas corporations...

CONCEALED the truth about the catastrophic consequences of fossil fuel use on the climate.

MISLED the public, investors, and regulators.

ATTACKED real science and those who spoke against them.

CORRUPTED the democratic process to prevent climate action.

YOU can hold them accountable!

Please check out Mr. Bevis Longstreth’s views on the Attorney General’s investigation: In Praise of the Martin Act and the Attorney General’s Use of It to Investigate Exxon’s “Tobacco Strategy.” Mr. Longstreth is a former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President Ronald Reagan.

NYPIRG in the News

New York state's plastic bag ban is finally being enforced (Grist, October 27, 2020)

Long-delayed plastic bag ban takes effect in New York (WCBS 880, October 19, 2020)

‘Make Polluters Pay’ event features NY Attorney General (My Twin Tiers, October 15, 2020)

New York youth organization urges state assembly and Governor Cuomo to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies (ABC News 10, October 13, 2020)

Protesters urge governor to OK foam burning ban (Albany Times-Union, October 3, 2020)

New York to begin enforcing plastic bag ban on October 19th (Rochester City News, September 25, 2020)

New Albany County Clean Air Act considered toughest in the state (The Legislative Gazette, September 20, 2020)

The West Coast Is Burning, Time To Tackle Global Warming (WAMC, September 14, 2020)

New York will soon enforce plastic bag ban after winning lawsuit (Times-Herald Record, August 21, 2020)

Blair Horner: New York Closes The Frack Waste Loophole (WAMC, August 20, 2020)

New York sets drinking water safeguards (The Oneida Daily Dispatch, 8/8/2020)