HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, LAWMAKERS, & ADVOCATES RELEASE NEW REPORT; CALL ON GOV HOCHUL TO PASS NY HEAT ACT

New report by Concerned Health Professionals of NY and Physicians for Social Responsibility shows the many negative health impacts of burning fracked gas in homes, illustrates urgent need for NY HEAT Act to get off gas and protect marginalized communities

ALBANY, NY (10/19/2023) (readMedia)-- Doctors and scientists, along with Senator Gustavo Rivera, more lawmakers and advocates, will release a major new report that presents the mounting evidence showing that burning fracked gas in homes for heating, hot water, and cooking has a detrimental impact on human health and the climate, with environmental justice implications as low-income communities of color are at particular risk. With the launch of this new report, the group will call on Governor Hochul to commit to passing the NY HEAT Act in next year's budget.

The NY HEAT Act will help get New York off climate-destroying fossil fuels, and stop New Yorkers from having to pay for expanding and replacing the polluting, expensive, and outdated fracked gas pipeline network that's causing childhood asthma, other forms of respiratory illness, and exposure to carcinogens with no known safe levels, such as benzene. It will also save overburdened New Yorkers up to $75 on their monthly energy bills.

WHO:

NYS Senator Gustavo Rivera, NYS Health Committee Chair

NYS Senator Nathalia Fernandez

NYS Senator Jessica Ramos

NYS Senator Luis Sepulveda

Assembly Member Khaleel Anderson

Sandra Steingraber, PhD, co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of New York (a program of the Science and Environmental Health Network) and one of the report’s authors

Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL, Physicians for Social Responsibility-NY and Concerned Health Professionals of NY, and one of the report’s authors

Annie Carforo, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Renee Vogelsang, FrackAction

With Better Buildings New York Coalition, NRDC, New Yorkers for Clean Power, Alliance for a Green Economy
WHAT:

 Doctors, scientists, lawmakers, and advocates launch new report and urge Governor Hochul to put the NY HEAT Act in next year’s executive budget
WHEN: Thursday October 19, 2023 at 10:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Zoom (link below)
NOTES:

 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81489000916

Meeting ID: 814 8900 0916

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