Efforts to stop construction continue, even though much of the plant is already up
ALBANY – Experts, Orange County activists, a former national politician and a well-known actor were in Albany on Wednesday to detail what they say are the ills associated with the CPV Valley power plant being constructed in the Town of Wawayanda.
They maintain the approvals were rushed through local government agencies, there was undue political influence and the “catastrophic climate impacts” were ignored.
One of the Wawayanda Six, the group of people arrested for blocking the entrance to the project, Pramilla Malick said despite its location and size, there was no security assessment conducted as a possible terrorist target.
“It’s massive,” Malick said. “It’s beyond belief when you look at it, but also it sits right in the middle of three major transportation arteries. If there is a catastrophic event at that location, all those three arteries are immediately shut down.”
She is referring to Interstate 84, New York Route 17 and Route 6.
Opponents of the plant also blasted Governor Cuomo, who banned fracked gas from being mined in New York, yet fracked gas from Pennsylvania will be piped in to fuel the plant.
Former Ohio Congressman and Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich was with the group in Albany to say the plant, already substantially constructed, should not be built.
