Food & Water Watch • Food & Water Action • 2021 Annual Report
Stopping Fossil Fuel Projects, Region by Region Year after year, Food & Water Watch works closely with allies to successfully block numerous fossil fuel projects across the country. Here are some highlights from 2021: New York and New Jersey y Regional: After a 10-year campaign, we achieved a permanent ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin. Governors Cuomo (NY), Murphy (NJ), Wolf (PA), and Carney (DE) all voted in support of the ban. y New York: We stopped proposed fracked gas power plants in Newburgh (Danskammer Power Plant), Astoria (Astoria Power Plant), and Brooklyn (Gowanus Power Plant). y New York: We celebrated a landmark ban on gas combustion in all new buildings in New York City. y New Jersey: We helped pass ordinances to create Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs in four new communities: Collingswood, East Brunswick, South
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y We defeated plans for a massive coal mine and dump in Forward Township, south of Pittsburgh, protecting 980 acres of land currently zoned residential and conservation from becoming an industrial site. y We successfully pressured the West Deer Township Board of Supervisors to deny permits for a proposed deep well site north of Pittsburgh. They unanimously rejected the applications citing the failure to meet public health and safety standards.
Brunswick, and Teaneck. CCA will allow localities to move towards sustainable energy sources with the goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2030. Pennsylvania We focused our climate action in the southwestern portion of the state where fracking is highly prevalent. y We helped pass a zoning ordinance to keep fracking out of McCandless, a township north of Pittsburgh.
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