THIS EVENT WAS REGRETTABLY CANCELLED DUE TO PENDING STORMS
Attend the “Eat in the Streets” event to show support for an issue that, clearly, affects more than just Cohoes, NY!
NEW MEETING PLACE: Meet Cafe con Mel, 133 Remsen St, Cohoes
Friday, July 23rd at 6:30 pm, Remsen St, Cohoes, NY
Please join us! The Clean Air Coalition is inviting everyone to join “Lights Out Norlite” in Cohoes on their regular Friday night “Eat in the Streets” parade. We will carry lit-up letters with the message, “We breathe what they burn!” to alert people to air quality issues from Norlite & Lafarge.
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Logistics 1) Park at Cohoes City Hall, 97 Mohawk St. 2) Walk to Remsen Street to buy some great food. 3) Look for the Clean Air sign at Cafe con Mel restaurant to meet up. 3) Everyone takes 1 letter, 1 sticker and 1 postcard & we walk together.
IN OTHER NEWS A bad law passed in June that the Clean Air Coalition was unable to stop: the passage of LECCLA, by the New York State Legislature. The bill wants to use our tax dollars to offer financial incentives for using “low carbon concrete” in New York State projects. On the surface, it might look like a good thing. On the contrary, it’s just another excuse for the cement industry to burn waste as fuel to operate their kilns. The State has put the Office of General Services and a Stakeholder Advisory Group of cement industry insiders in charge of the details. The Clean Air Coalition opposes this bill. It will not significantly lower CO2 from concrete & could encourage the use of waste as fuel. Last week, we sent a letter to Governor Cuomo asking him to veto the bill. Please contact the Governor, if you agree. |