Press Releases and News
October 31, 2022 Release: “Serious blow to National Grid”: No NBK Pipeline Statement on vaporizer report
September 22, 2022 Release: Community members pack public hearing in Brooklyn to speak out against National Grid’s proposal to raise bills for new LNG Vaporizers
September 19, 2022 Release: No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition calls out National Grid’s Climate Week greenwashing ahead of public hearings on Brooklyn LNG vaporizers
September 8, 2022 Advisory: Rally Against the Pipeline Sunday, September 18 in Brooklyn
June 14, 2022 Advisory: Climate and Environmental Groups Picket Outside National Grid’s ‘Equity in Energy’ Greenwashing Summit
June 4, 2022 Release: Statement on Results of the 2022 Legislative Session
May 9, 2022 Release: No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition responds to DEC punting decision on controversial fracked gas vaporizers for a sixth time
May 2, 2022 Release: No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition delivers over 13,000 petition signatures calling on Governor Hochul & DEC to deny National Grid’s permit for fracked gas vaporizers
April 20, 2022 Release: No NBK Pipeline Coalition joins Climate Clock at Union Square for Earth Week art demo to tell Governor Hochul we are nearly out of time and she must say NO to the Utilities before it is too late.
April 19, 2022 Letter: To Mayor Adams on National Grid LNG trucking proposal
April 18, 2022 Advisory: April 20: No NBK Pipeline Joins Climate Clock for Earth Week Art Demo at Union Square
April 5, 2022 Release: “Deny the permit, don’t delay!” Brooklyn and Queens community members call on Governor Hochul and DEC to reject National Grid’s fracked gas vaporizers
January 29, 2022: Coalition Statement on DEC’s 4th permit delay
January 27, 2022 Release: Maloney & Velázquez to DEC: “Protect the community - deny National Grid’s permit for new fracked gas vaporizers now!”
January 24, 2022 Advisory: Press conference - Congresswomen Maloney and Velázquez with Brooklyn/Queens electeds call on Hochul and DEC to deny permit for LNG vaporizers
November 22, 2021 Release: Environmental justice & climate advocates find “significant inaccuracies” in National Grid’s assessment of proposed fracked gas vaporizers
November 22, 2021 Letter: RE: National Grid CLCPA Assessment
October 27, 2021 Letter: Updated Letter - 44 Elected Officials Call on Hochul to Review Rate Case
October 25, 2021 Release: Brooklyn community calls on Hochul & DEC to stop fracked gas vaporizers
October 22, 2021 Advisory: Don’t Vaporize Brooklyn! Rally
October 19, 2021 Release: Growing number of electeds join call for Governor Hochul to review gas bill hike
October 19, 2021 Letter: Updated letter to Governor Kathy Hochul
October 19, 2021- Questions to National Grid from No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition
October 15, 20201 Advisory: Electeds renew call for Gov Hochul to review National Grid gas bill hike
September 20, 2021 Release - Communities protest National Grid at Climate Week NYC while the company builds fracked gas North Brooklyn Pipeline
September 17, 2021 Release - Elected Officials Call On Governor Hochul To Conduct a Review of Recent Decision by Cuomo-Appointed Public Service Commission to Raise Monthly Gas Bills for 1.9 million Downstate National Grid Customers
September 17, 2021 - Elected Official Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul
August 9, 2021 Release: Frontline Residents of the North Brooklyn Pipeline and Local Elected Officials Rally, Support Gas Bill Strike to Refuse to Pay for Pipeline
August 6, 2021 Release: Senator Schumer Opposes National Grid’s North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition says “Now it’s time for NYS to reject rate hike”
August 4, 2021 Advisory: We Won’t Pay for the Pipeline! Rally & March
August 2, 2021 Letter: 53 elected officials from across New York urge PSC to reject National Grid rate hike and for the DPS to comply with the CLCPA
July 30, 2021 Release: “Water Is Life” street mural - community members from North Brooklyn to Namibia and Argentina unite to protect their communities from fracked gas
July 27, 2021 Release: New York State Supreme Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Halting National Grid’s Illegal Construction of Liquefied Fracked Gas Infrastructure
June 1, 2021 Release: Community Members Launch National Grid Gas Bill Strike, Refuse to Pay for the Widely Opposed North Brooklyn Pipeline
May 17, 2021 Release: Advocates slam National Grid/New York State's plan to raise monthly gas bills, forcing customers to pay for opposed fossil fuel infrastructure
April 29, 2021 Advisory: Caravan Action: “FDNY, Shut Down the Head of the North Brooklyn Pipeline! + Solidarity with Line 3 Protests
March 11, 2021 Release: North Brooklyn elected officials and community members slam National Grid’s Greenpoint fracked gas expansion at public hearing
March 10, 2021 Letter: Opposing Second Amendment to Settlement Agreement
March 10, 2021 Advisory: 100+ community members expected to speak at first public hearing against fracked gas expansion in Greenpoint
January 20, 2021 Release: Land protectors arrested for halting construction of National Grid’s widely opposed fracked gas pipeline in Brooklyn say the project is in service but fight is far from over
December 17, 2020 Release: Department of Transportation Issues National Grid A Summons for Illegal, Unpermitted Construction in Brownsville!
December 16, 2020 Advisory: Press Conference Thurs @ 12pm - Brownsville residents and electeds will address DOT summons to National grid for unpermitted Construction in Brownsville.
December 10, 2020 Release: Community Members Halt Pipeline Construction in Brownsville to Stop Its Completion Against Community Demands!
December 3, 2020 Statement: Mayor calls on National Grid to withdraw controversial pipeline, community says the fight must continue to stop gas from flowing, rate hike, and LNG expansion
November 24, 2020 Release: Brooklyn community members opposed to controversial fracked gas pipeline acknowledge current and past Indigenous land struggles; vow to continue to fight racist pipeline
November 23, 2020 Advisory: Brooklyn community members opposed to controversial fracked gas pipeline hold press conference to acknowledge current and past Indigenous land struggles; vow to continue to fight racist pipeline
October 27, 2020 Democracy Now! Climate Activists Arrested In NYC After Shutting Down Construction of North Brooklyn Pipeline
October 25, 2020 Release: 5 More Brooklyn Community Members Arrested For Shutting Down Construction of National Grid’s Widely Opposed North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline
October 22, 2020 Article Brooklyn Paper Protesters Storm Nat Grid Lobby Downtown Calling for Public Power
October 21, 2020 Op-Ed CityLimits National Grid Has No Place in NYC’s Climate-Resilient Future
October 20, 2020 Community Board 1 in Brooklyn Letter to Mayor DeBlasio informing him of unanimous Resolution passed agains Nat Grid’s pipeline, rate hike, and LNG
October 19, 2020 PBS American Portrait Gabriel J. I Stand For Sustainable Love
October 19, 2020 Article and Video, News 12: National Grid’s North Brooklyn gas main isn’t welcome
October 19, 2020 Article AMNY: Elected officials say ‘frack that’ to gas pipeline in Brooklyn
October 19, 2020 Release: Following dramatic shutdowns of construction last week, Rep. Nydia Velazquez joins local and citywide elected officials for anti-pipeline rally with community
October 16, 2020 Article Brooklyn Paper Anti-Fracking Activists Again Break Into W’Burg Pipeline Construction Site
October 16, 2020 Article Pix 11 Demonstrators Chained to Pipe at Brooklyn Construction Ditch to Protest Pipeline: NYPD
October 16, 2020 Op-Ed NY Daily News Against National Grid, For Public Power: It’s a Climate Change and Consumer Protection Imperative
October 15, 2020 Article NY Post Anti-Fracking Activists Halt Brooklyn Pipeline Construction
October 15, 2020 Article Brooklyn Paper Way Down In The Hole: Protesters Lock Themselves to Nat Grid Pipeline in W’Burg
October 15, 2020 Press Release: 4 Brooklyn Community Members Arrested For Shutting Down Construction of National Grid’s Widely Opposed Fracked Gas Pipeline
October 14, 2020 Article Patch BK In Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Controversial Pipeline: Report
October 13, 2020 Article TheBKReader Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline Continues, Despite Calls to Stop Construction Immediately
September 29, 2020 Article Brooklyn Daily Eagle Fracked Gas Adds to Mounting Health Disparities Brownsville Residents Say
September 28, 2020 Article Bklyner “Brownsville is not a sacrifice zone,” Activists Cry At Protest Against North Brooklyn Pipeline
September 27, 2020 Article NY-1 Residents Protest National Grid’s Proposed Gas Pipeline in Brooklyn
September 26, 2020 Press Release: Brownsville Residents to National Grid - Stop the Construction Work on a Dangerous Pipeline NOW!
September 24, 2020 Advisory: Brownsville Residents: We Are Not a Sacrifice Zone for a Dangerous Pipeline!
September 16, 2020 Press Release Brooklyn residents deliver over 10,000 petition signatures calling on Mayor de Blasio to immediately halt construction of National Grid’s North Brooklyn Pipeline
June 8, 2020 Press Release Letter signed by 160 organizations calls on Cuomo & PSC to reject National Grid’s fracked gas proposals and approve only renewable, no gas infrastructure options
May 29, 2020 Press Release and Video Following denial of Williams Pipeline, New Yorkers call on Governor Cuomo and PSC to reject National Grid’s fracked gas alternatives and approve only renewable, no gas infrastructure options
May 20, 2020 Press Release North Brooklyn Community Calls National Grid’s Decision to Restart Construction of Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline “Reckless” During Pandemic and Demand Immediate Halt of Construction
May 18, 2020 Article Fractracker Alliance New Yorkers mount resistance against North Brooklyn Pipeline
May 17, 2020 Article Bushwick Daily Nat Grid Says They'll Restart Construction Following Williams Pipeline Rejection 'We know the fight is not over,' activists says of their fight against the pipeline extension
March 27, 2020 Article Coronavirus: National Grid halts North Brooklyn Pipeline construction after outcry
March 27, 2020 Article National Grid Halts Brooklyn Pipeline Over COVID-19 Pandemic
March 27, 2020 Release North Brooklyn Residents Claim Temporary Victory As National Grid Halts Construction Of North Brooklyn Pipeline During Covid-19 Global Pandemic
March 24, 2020 Article Coronavirus: Construction worker tests positive, but North Brooklyn Pipeline proceeds
March 23, 2020 Letter Letter to President John Bruckner, National Grid from North Brooklyn residents, elected, orgs
March 5, 2020 Article Not Digging It: Unpopular Pipeline Sparks North Brooklyn Ire
February 28, 2020 Article 10 Arrested At Protest Against Pipeline Construction In Brooklyn
February 24, 2020 Letter 21 Elected Officials led by State Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblymember Joseph Lentol filed Letter of Opposition to the North Brooklyn Pipeline
February 18, 2020 Article Activists Demand National Grid Halt Project To Extend A Fracked Gas Pipeline Through North Brooklyn
February 14, 2020 Article Greenpointers Fire Back at a fracked gas pipeline
February 12, 2020 Release Community Board 1 Opposes National Grid’s “MRI” Gas Expansion Project
January 31, 2020 Article ‘It’s Killing Us,’ Small Businesses Take a Hit as New Pipeline Construction Continues