THE BOILER DILEMMA:

Alternatives to Converting to Natural Gas

Thursday 3/22 from 6:30 PM to 9 PM

Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street, Park/Madison Avenues

Buildings in all five boroughs are required to stop using heavy oils by 2030; building owners are tempted to convert to natural gas due to its current low price, but this will encourage reliance on fracked gas. Come find out about realistic alternatives, including No. 2 oil, conservation, biodiesel, and solar thermal. Click here http://newyork.backpage.com/Events/the-boiler-dilemma-renewnewyork-a-discussion-series-on-renewable-energy/28197433 for more information.

TABLING TO STOP THE SPECTRA PIPELINE

Saturday 3/24 from 11 AM to 1 PM

104th Street & B'way, NE corner near Ben & Jerry's

Join us to sign letters calling on the Governor, Borough President, and others to keep radon-laden fracked gas out of New York City.

STOP THE SPECTRA PIPELINE!

Monday 3/26 from 5 PM to 8 PM

Hudson River Park Trust Hearing, Village Community School, 272 West 10th Street at Washington Street, one block east of the West Side Highway

Spectra Energy is applying for permits to begin construction as early as June on a pipeline that will bring fracked Marcellus Shale gas contaminated with radioactivity in the form of radon to all five boroughs. The pipeline will endanger all those who live in the Marcellus Shale territories and specifically residents, business owners, and visitors in the West Village, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Staten Island. 

Spectra needs a crucial local item for the West Village's Gansevoort Peninsula, where they want to bury their pipeline: a 30-year easement from the Hudson River Park Trust ("HRPT").

Come to the hearing on March 26th and make your voice heard to convince the HRPT to deny the easement! Click here http://www.threeparksdems.org/Gas/gas.html to send a letter to HRPT, the Governor, and others calling on them to stop the Spectra Pipeline. Click here http://saneenergyproject.org/ for more information.

THREE PARKS MEMBERSHIP ENDORSEMENT MEETING

Wednesday 3/28 at 8 PM

The Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street

Three Parks eligible members will vote to endorse candidates for U.S. Senate, Congress, State Senate, Assembly, State Committee, Civil Court, and Surrogate's Court. Due to uncertainties about district lines and primary dates, offices to be voted for are subject to change.