Dave Clegg To Embark on Three Day Bike Trip Visiting Pollution Sites Across New York’s 19th Congressional District

 

Dave Clegg To Embark on Three Day Bike Trip Visiting Pollution Sites Across New York’s 19th Congressional District

(KINGSTON, NY) – Yesterday, Dave Clegg, Democratic candidate for New York 19’s Congressional district, announced he will be embarking on a three day bike trip across the district visiting different pollution sites. Clegg will travel through eight different counties and travel over 200 miles on his bike.

“I’m excited to travel across this district and speak with voters about one the most pressing issues of our time – climate change – and how we must transition to a 21st Century green economy,” Clegg said on Thursday. “Pollution knows no borders, and it is imperative we pass the Off Fossil Fuels For A Better Future Act that will end fossil fuel subsidies and create billions of dollars in revenue to fund a clean energy revolution. We also need to fully fund the EPA’s Superfund program, which manages the cleaning of the most toxic waste sites, as well as hold corporate polluters accountable for the cost of cleanings; that’s what I will fight for as New York 19’s next Congressperson. I am proud to use my platform until then to bring attention to the environmental problems facing our district.”

Clegg will start his trip at the base of the Susquehanna River in Cooperstown, and will pass through Oneonta, Delhi, Callicoon, Tusten, Woodstock, Kingston, Rhinebeck, Dover, Catskill, Hudson, Kinderhook, Old Chatham, and Hoosick Falls. The pollution sites Dave will visit include the Millennium Pipeline Compressor, the Ulster Power Plant, the Cricket Valley Power Plant, a Superfund Site in Hudson, and will conclude the trip at the Hoosick Falls contamination site.

In addition to drawing attention to different environmental sites, Clegg intends to educate voters about the effect pollution has on people’s health outcomes. Clegg has made a central theme of his campaign the urgent need to pass Medicare for all (H.R. 676), and believes that while this legislation will address many of the issues that arise from pollutants, there needs to be more attention paid to how polluters continue to hurt local communities’ health with no real repercussions.

“We know pollutants are harming our residents, so if we are serious about improving health outcomes across the country we must not only pass Medicare for all but must also address the role pollution and climate change play in people’s health. To make a lasting impact we must start holding polluters accountable with real repercussions for their actions,” Clegg concluded.

 

Author: Harlem Valley News