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Happy Friday, Sane Energy Family,

This week was the 50th anniversary of Earth Week, and we know that our action, attention, and care must persevere and expand.

Here is a recap of some of the action we helped to generate this week that you can still participate in. Get ready for ACTION!

Follow the map below and keep reading to take action and keep Earth Day going every single day.

Day One: Monday was for maps!

Where are you? Learn what Indigenous land you are occupying right now by exploring the beautiful mapping project: native-land.ca
You Are Here! Locate what fossil fuel infrastructure is around you now on the You Are Here interactive map created by a partnership between Sane Energy Project and Fractracker Alliance

Day Two: Tuesday was about radioactivity & fracked gas

Watch America’s Radioactive Secret presentation by Rolling Stone Reporter Justin Nobel who joined Sane Energy Project and Visualizing Pipeline Impacts at the New School in NYC to share his investigation about how the fossil fuel industry has KNOWN for generations that their product could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
Watch Drs. Ray Vaughn and David Carpenter’s presentation Health Risks of Radon in Landfills shared by People for a healthy Environment, Frackbusters, and Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter.

There is legislation to fight for radon testing & ending frack waste that we will revisit with you all when the legislature reconvenes.

Day Three: Wednesday we wrote letters to shut off the Spectra Pipeline @ Indian Point nuke plant. Keep the letters going!

Read the scathing report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the NRC staff analysis of the safety of the Spectra AIM Pipeline was flawed, and the 20 million people living within 50 miles of Indian Point are now facing unknown risks of a pipeline rupture damaging the plant and the spent nuclear fuel stored there.
Send a letter to insist NYS regulators keep working to ensure the Spectra Pipeline gets shut off NOW! We can really achieve this if we get enough demand from all of us, so please send a letter with this easy form. Thank you to the continuous hard work of the fierce women-led groups Resist Spectra, SAPE, SEnRG, and Grassroots Environmental Education.

* Wednesday, we also sent comments to stop the North Brooklyn Pipeline! Keep ’em coming folks!

We can really win here with the Comment-A-Day-Keeps-The-Pipeline-Away action!

Day Four: Thursday was focused on keeping pressure on Cuomo to keep Cricket Valley switched OFF!

Following a report by Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy proving that fracked gas power plants, namely Cricket Valley, CPV, and Bayonne, are NOT NEEDED to replace Indian Point Nuclear Plant, the Resist Cricket Valley community released a press statement revealing that Cricket Valley Plant executives continued to send nearly 100 workers in without Personal Protective Equipment after Cuomo’s executive order to halt non-essential work.
Sign the petition to be delivered to Governor Cuomo to keep CV shut OFF!

Day Five: Friday was a big festive day celebrating Renewable Heat Now! + Stop the Williams NESE pipeline for GOOD!

The company pushing the Williams NESE pipeline, National Grid, tried to downplay their own report showing that we can meet the need for heat in downstate New York and avoid any new gas infrastructure — and renewables and efficiency are cheaper! Add your name to the growing campaign to Stop Williams and build renewables!
The NYS regulators are taking a deeper dive into how we look at gas thanks to all of our great advocacy! File a comment to support Renewable Heat Now!

Thank you for participating in all of the scavenger hunt stops for Earth Week — will you help to keep Sane Energy going with a generous donation?

We will never stop organizing until everyone is safe, healthy, and can live a life of dignity.

With love,

All of us at Sane Energy!

What’s going on with your Central Hudson bill?
We’re conducting a survey to find out

In the past few weeks it has been brought to our attention that a number of Central Hudson customers have received unusually high bills. Although the timing of these bills seemed to coincide with the filing of the Joint Proposal for the new Rate Plan, this is just a coincidence. The new rates will not go into effect until July of this year, after the Public Service Commission has approved the plan.

The unusually high bills appear related to electricity usage for the month as recorded by the company, and not to rates. (Delivery rates are approved by the PSC and do not change month to month; and supply rates, which are set in the market, did not vary that significantly.) We have heard directly from some customers that Central Hudson’s recorded usage for their home appears much higher than is typical for their household consumption. We’ve seen some fluctuations that can be explained by the unusual weather and the effects that has had on the estimation system and meter reading schedule, but there are some that can’t be explained by this. We want to get a sense of whether other customers have had the same experience with their recent bill, so that we can get to the bottom of this and hold the company accountable if customers are being overcharged.

Please take a moment to look at the usage bar chart on your bill. If there was a significant usage jump in one of the past few months, please consider filling out our survey. Your personal information will not be recorded or shared.

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Scavenger Hunt Earth Week Recap