March 2026: North Brooklyn Fossil Fuel Walking Tour: Climate Law Edition
Start: Sunday, March 22, 2026•03:00 PM
End: Sunday, March 22, 2026•05:00 PM
Location: McGolrick Park Meet at Flagpole Inside Park• Nassau St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 US
Host contact info kim@saneenergy.org, text 646-387-3180
Hosted by No North Brooklyn Pipeline Campaign, Sane Energy Project, and No One's Ark ~Pirates of the Newtown Creek~
When: Sunday, March 22
Where: Meet at McGolrick Park Flagpole
Time: 3:00–5:00 PM
We’ll explore how the Greenpoint LNG Facility connects to pipelines, fracked gas, and rising utility bills right in our backyard.
* We will also offer a special edition with information focused on the concerted attack of New York's 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act: Our landmark climate law. (more info below)
Schedule
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3:00 PM – Virtual info session + presentation
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3:30 PM sharp – Tour starts
5:00 PM return to park w optional Happy Hour at The Palace or Goldie's to debrief and hang
What’s at Stake
Right now, National Grid — a UK-based monopoly corporation operating as a local utility - plans to expand fracked-gas infrastructure well into the 2050s, ignoring New York’s climate law. That includes doubling down on toxic facilities like the Greenpoint LNG site, located in the heart of North Brooklyn next to homes, businesses, and playgrounds.
We already pay for this pollution every month through our utility bills. Unless we act, we could be locked into paying billions more for decades of climate damage and health risks.
This spring, National Grid will ask the New York Public Service Commission for permission to raise your utility bills again.
What We’re Fighting For
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Stop the expansion of toxic gas infrastructure
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Cap utility bills at 6% of income
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Retire - not replace - our outdated gas system
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Invest in thermal energy networks, community solar, and efficiency
We Won’t Pay to Be Poisoned.
This is about climate justice. It’s about our health, our neighborhoods, and our future. Governor Kathy Hochul and state regulators must enforce our climate law, reject gas expansion, and put people - not shareholders - at the center of energy decisions.
We know that climate policy is under attack at the federal level, which is why it is more important than ever that we ensure each state holds the line to safeguard progress. Blocking clean energy takes affordable options off the table at a time when we are facing rising energy bills. New Yorkers have experienced this recently, as volatile GAS PRICES have driven up costs this winter.
New York already has one of the strongest climate laws in the country, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, but the state is years behind in putting it into action. A key tool to implement it would make large polluters pay for the pollution they create and use that money to lower costs for New Yorkers through rebates and home energy upgrades. Now Governor Kathy Hochul is considering rolling back this policy, a move that would protect fossil fuel profits instead of delivering savings to New Yorkers. Delaying or weakening the program means families miss out on lower energy bills, good jobs, and cleaner air.
Come learn. Come connect. Come build power.
Snow can delay a walk, but it can’t stop a movement.
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