Upcoming events.

We oppose fossil fuel expansion in North Brooklyn. And we refuse to pay for it.

The No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance is dedicated to opposing fossil fuel expansion in North Brooklyn and advocating for a transition to renewable energy sources.


Oct
13

North Brooklyn Fossil Fuel Walking Tour

Who: No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance and Sane Energy Project

What: Info Session with refreshments, zines, and stickers followed by a walking tour

Where: Meet in McGolrick Park in Greenpoint at 6:00 pm MAP

When:  Sunday, October 13, starting at 4:00 pm for an info session. We will depart at 4:30 sharp for the walking tour. We will return to McGolrick Park around 5:45 pm

Why: The more we know, the more we build community power; we can build a city that serves the people, not shareholder-owned corporations. We Won't Pay To Be Poisoned


Did you know NYC's largest fossil fuel depot is right in North Brooklyn, adjacent to homes, businesses, and playgrounds?

Did you also know that we pay for it through our monthly utility bills?

National Grid, a UK-based monopoly corporation, wants a massive bill increase from you for its leaky, toxic gas system, which is putting us in debt, harming our health, and breaking New York climate law.

Join the No North Brooklyn Pipeline and Sane Energy Project for an info session and walking tour of the LNG (Liquefied "Natural" Gas) facility to learn how we are working to transform this site into 120 acres that serve the community, not a shareholder-focused corporation.

The gas systems should be RETIRED, NOT REPLACED! New York State law requires that we get off all fossil fuels by 2050 to mitigate the climate disasters unfolding in real time before us. We shouldn’t be paying 3.8 BILLION dollars for National Grid to invest in their decrepit gas system!

Climate change is here, with extreme heat, brutal cold, massive wildfires, devastating hurricanes, and previously unimaginable floods. We CAN build an energy system that does not harm us!

The Public Service Commission (PSC) and the governor must ensure that we meet the requirements of the state climate law, protect our residents, farms, and businesses, and lead the nation in smart climate policy.

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Climate Skills Training: Canvass Greenpoint to Stop National Grid
Sep
23

Climate Skills Training: Canvass Greenpoint to Stop National Grid

At our upcoming workshop, you'll learn all the essential skills needed to effectively canvass the neighborhood and educate our neighbors about the recent National Grid bill increases and their connection to fossil fuel expansion at the Greenpoint fracked gas depot. We'll discuss solutions on the horizon and our vision for the future of the 120-acre site. Let's get out there and #StopNatGrid together!

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Walk and Roll Tour of NYC's Largest Fossil Fuel Depot
Sep
5

Walk and Roll Tour of NYC's Largest Fossil Fuel Depot

National Grid, a UK-based monopoly corporation, wants a massive bill increase from you for its leaky, toxic gas system, which is putting us in debt, harming our health, and breaking New York climate law.

Join Sane Energy Project, a founding member of the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance, for an info session and walking tour of the LNG (Liquefied "Natural" Gas) facility to learn how we are working to transform this site into 120 acres that serves the community, not a shareholder focused corporation.

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Canvassing Greenpoint to Stop National Grid
Aug
26

Canvassing Greenpoint to Stop National Grid

Join Us for a Neighborhood Canvassing Workshop!

Greenpoint residents, we're looking for people like YOU to join the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance, a team of passionate volunteers working locally for climate justice to help spread the word, starting Monday, 8/26, in Greenpoint.

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From NYC to Dublin We Say No Fossil Fuels!
Aug
24

From NYC to Dublin We Say No Fossil Fuels!

Join us this Saturday as we stand with Extinction Rebellion Ireland to reject LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) pipelines. We oppose the construction of LNG import terminals on Irish shores. From Dublin to NYC, we say no to fracking, no to harmful pipelines, and yes to sustainable, clean energy and a healthier planet.

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Cooper Park Strike Social!
Jul
15

Cooper Park Strike Social!

Spread the word to join the Gas Bill Strike and take back our power!

Join us for a weekly gathering to flier around different neighborhoods and then chill out with some snacks, a cool beverage, a fully charged phone and a group of friendly strikers phone banking, art-making and sharing the news far and wide that: We won't pay for National Grid's racist fracked gas pipeline!

Find us gathered at Cooper Park in Greenpoint near Morgan Ave and Maspeth Ave.

Please feel free to bring snacks and drinks to share and a blanket to sit on. Bring a fully charged phone and external charger if you got it.  

RSVP

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PREP Session to speak out at Nat Grid’s Public Meeting⚡️
Jul
13

PREP Session to speak out at Nat Grid’s Public Meeting⚡️

On July 14 National Grid will hold a “public meeting” on their latest report, which is full of fracked gas and climate denial.

Join us for a prep session the day before the meeting so you can be prepared to counter National Grid’s greenwashing and learn about all the ways the community is fighting back including the Gas Bill Strike. ⚡️

RSVP for the Zoom link

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Clean Up The Pipeline!
Jul
10

Clean Up The Pipeline!

Join Sane Energy, Newtown Creek Alliance, Friends of Cooper Park, St. Nick's Alliance, Red Shed Community Garden to help clean up the area around Cooper Park. Supplies provided by Friends of Cooper Park, but bring some extra work gloves if you got 'em!

RSVP HERE

We will see the LNG facility we are fighting on the North BK pipeline route while cleaning up our community and then return to the park for a discussion circle about the campaign to stop the pipeline, and our latest effort to STRIKE our Nat Grid gas bills.

Snacks and hand sanitizer will be provided. But feel free to bring something to share if you'd like.

Arrive by 10:30 for the community clean up

Noon for the pipeline discussion circle.

L train to Graham Ave, 100 Maspeth Ave. @ Olive St. East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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⚡️Online Strike Teach-In + Phonebank⚡️
Jul
8

⚡️Online Strike Teach-In + Phonebank⚡️

Join us online this Thursday, 7/8, at 6:30pm to learn about the pipeline fight, why we’re striking, how to join the strike - and then stick around to help us get more people to join our strike movement. ⚡️

RSVP for the Zoom link

New Yorkers are going on strike - by withholding $66 on our National Grid gas bills, we refuse to pay to be poisoned by the North Brooklyn Pipeline.

Activists have been fighting against the completion of this pipeline with public protest, legal tactics, community education, and political advocacy for over a year and a half. Now, we go on strike - because we will not pay to be poisoned.

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Jun
1

Press Conference: National Grid Gas Bill STRIKE!

Why a Gas Bill Strike? National Grid wants to raise our monthly bills to pay for the North Brooklyn fracked gas pipeline. We must refuse to pay for a pipeline that will harm Black and Brown working class communities and our climate. Join residents and elected officials at a press conference, Tuesday, June 1 at noon at National Grid HQ 1Metrotech Center in Downtown Brooklyn.

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Prep For DEC Hearing: No LNG on the NBK Pipeline Tue, March 2@6:30pm
Mar
2

Prep For DEC Hearing: No LNG on the NBK Pipeline Tue, March 2@6:30pm

On March 10, 2021 at 6pm, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation is hosting a public hearing on whether or not to issue National Grid a permit for liquefied and compressed fracked gas infrastructure at 287 Maspeth Ave, adjacent to a residential neighborhood, the apex of the fiercely opposed North Brooklyn Pipeline, and on the shores of the Newtown Creek, a superfund site that the local community has been working for years to bioremediate. 

We know this project is totally unjust, illegal, and is charging all of us undemocratically to PAY for it! It's important we all register to show up! But first, let's get organized. We are hosting a prep session to get us registered and prepared to defend our community using carefully researched legal arguments that will give the DEC reasons to DENY National Grid's permit. RSVP

So, what Is a Permit Hearing? A permit hearing offers the public an opportunity to participate in the DEC project review. This document gives an overview of the DEC permit hearing process.   

Whether it's your 1st time or 40th time attending a public hearing, preparing for it is important. Join in this prep session to review the facts, re-familiarize yourself with the issue at hand, and establish key arguments to make your public comment as strong and persuasive as can be.

What we'll cover:

Short review:

  • What is the NBK pipeline and LNG facility

  • What is National Grid applying to the DEC to do

  • Why we oppose

  • What is a public hearing and how to prepare for this one?

How we achieved a hearing and why it’s important

  • What to expect at the hearing?

  • What we want to say at the public hearing

  • What is our goal for the hearing?

  • How to get yourself registered and ready

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Prep For DEC Hearing: No LNG on the NBK Pipeline Sunday, Feb 21 @5pm
Feb
21

Prep For DEC Hearing: No LNG on the NBK Pipeline Sunday, Feb 21 @5pm

Background: On March 10, 2021 at 6pm, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation is hosting a public hearing on whether or not to issue National Grid a permit for liquefied and compressed fracked gas infrastructure at 287 Maspeth Ave, adjacent to a residential neighborhood, the apex of the fiercely opposed North Brooklyn Pipeline, and on the shores of the Newtown Creek, a superfund site that the local community has been working for years to bioremediate. 

We know this project is totally unjust, illegal, and is charging all of us undemocratically to PAY for it! It's important we all register to show up! But first, let's get organized. We are hosting a prep session to get us registered and prepared to defend our community using carefully researched legal arguments that will give the DEC reasons to DENY National Grid's permit.

So, what Is a Permit Hearing? A permit hearing offers the public an opportunity to participate in the DEC project review. This document gives an overview of the DEC permit hearing process.   

Whether it's your 1st time or 40th time attending a public hearing, preparing for it is important. Join in this prep session to review the facts, re-familiarize yourself with the issue at hand, and establish key arguments to make your public comment as strong and persuasive as can be.

What we'll cover:

Short review:

  • What is the NBK pipeline and LNG facility

  • What is National Grid applying to the DEC to do

  • Why we oppose

What is a public hearing and how to prepare for this one?

  • How we achieved a hearing and why it’s important

  • What to expect at the hearing?

  • What we want to say at the public hearing

  • What is our goal for the hearing?

  • How to get yourself registered and ready

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The Head of the Black Snake: No LNG on the North Brooklyn Pipeline
Dec
20

The Head of the Black Snake: No LNG on the North Brooklyn Pipeline

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkd-2urDMsGNyEeqZh1MT_0HEvbkD1hne0

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Right now, National Grid, the corporate utility covering part of NYC and Long Island wants to raise our rates, the highest in the nation, to expand more fossil fuels, including the North Brooklyn (MRI) Pipeline and LNG expansion on Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in an opaque process in a boardroom. We know that more fossil fuels anywhere puts the climate at risk for everyone. Their request to invest our rate-payer dollars into more fossil fuels goes against what our community wants, and goes against our climate law. We must flood the system with public comments like they have never seen before. Come learn about it, and learn how to TAKE ACTION!

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