Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Food & Water Watch, members of the Stop Danskammer Coalition, and others will be holding a very important flotilla on August 4th.  Please join the Clearwater Sloop, the Woody Guthrie Sloop, sailboats, kayaks and other paddle boats as we take to the water to stop the a new Danskammer fracked gas plant from being built on the shore of the Hudson.

The NYS Siting Board is currently reviewing an application to expand operations of the Danskammer fracked gas power plant in the town of Newburgh.  Wall street-backed private equity firm, Tiger Infrastructure LLC,  has filed an application to replace the old barely running Danskammer with a brand new, fully operational gas plant.  If approved, the plant will go from running just 5% of the year to over 70%.  This will dramatically increase our exposure to cancer-causing chemicals like benzene, formaldehyde and nitrous oxide.

The Hudson River is a precious resource to many of us here in New York. The expansion of the Danskammer Plant threatens our water and air and would worsen the climate crisis. We will launch boats out on the waters and call on Governor Cuomo to Stop the Danskammer Plant and, instead, commit to 100% renewable energy.

The paddlers will meet at the public boat ramp in the Hamlet of Chelsea to launch, traveling about a mile across the Hudson, passed Danskammer.  After the paddlers drop off their boats they will go to Hidden Rose Catering at 33 Chelsea Rd, Wappingers falls, NY 12590 to park a half mile away and will be shuttled back to the dock.

Sign up below if you can join us or can help by inviting other paddlers in your community to join the flotilla.  You will receive updated info, as we get closer to the date, regarding logistics.

What:    Flotilla to Stop Danskammer!
When:   Wednesday August 4th.  
Time:    12 noon:  Paddlers will gather, unload and park
Where:  Meeting at the Chelsea public boat ramp, 3 front St., Chelsea, NY
             
The Sloop Clearwater and the Woody Guthrie will leave from Beacon and meet the paddlers at Chelsea, with the Woody in the lead and the Clearwater bringing up the rear.  

For safety and environmental reasons, we are only including non-motorized boats -- primarily kayaks and canoes with experienced paddlers -- in this event (except for a safety vessel and the sloops which will be under sail).

Experienced paddlers only, with proper life vests are invited to the flotilla.  A signed waiver will be required to hold event planners harmless.  This information will be sent to everyone when they register to join the flotilla.

At 1 pm, right after the paddlers set out to meet up with the Sloop Woody Guthrie, there will be a Flotilla Rally, Press Conference and Photo Op at the Public Boat Ramp in the Hamlet of Chelsea.  There will be additional media opportunities after they return at 3 p.m.

If you have any questions or need further information, please email Matt Salton at Matt@clearwater.org (914-844-9821), Manna Jo Greene at mannajo@clearwater.org or Emily Skydel at eskydel@fwwatch.org.

Visit https://stoptheplant.org/ to learn more about this environmental threat and our campaign to stop it!

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