Hello from CORD!
Following on the heels of last Friday's announcment that Representative Nydia Velazquez is indeed supporting the SUPERFUND designation of both the Gowanus Canal and Newton Creek, (http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/42/32_42_wy_newtown_creek_period.html) we here at CORD are urging our readers to PLEASE! now write to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. Rep. Clarke is another one of our elected officials who needs to hear from her constituents about how important this Superfund Designation is to our health and safety during the clean-up of this highly contaminated canal.
Our very health is at stake as the clean-up method for the Gowanus Canal is decided. The EPA has promised to do the most comprehensive and SAFE clean uo of these toxins possible and to hold the polluters NOT the taxpayers responsible
Please cut, paste and send the letter below to Congresswoman Clarke ASAP!
( **see instructions below**) . Please do not forget to "sign" the cut and pasted letter with your name and full address---this is very important!
( **see instructions below**) . Please do not forget to "sign" the cut and pasted letter with your name and full address---this is very important!
Dear Congresswoman Clarke:
We are residents of the Gowanus area. Our neighborhoods may have different names such as Carroll Gardens or Park Slope, but we are the people whose lives are touched every single day by the deplorable condition of the Gowanus Canal.
We are the people who applauded Commissioner Grannis's request to nominate this open sewer to the National Priorities List.
We are the people who signed a petition in support of that nomination.
We are the people who attended the multiple meetings held in our community.
We are the people who obediently sent in our comments to the Environmental Protection Agency in the prescribed, timely manner and we are the people who have been waiting patiently for science and common sense to lead our Canal into the healthier life the Superfund designation would offer us all.
We are the people who are beginning to strongly feel that what residents want is of no importance; that the desires of those who stand to benefit financially somehow trumps the health of those who inhabit the area.
We are your constituents. Our pro designation comments represent the majority and we ask that you speak on our behalf.
The Gowanus Canal must be added to the National Priorities List. It must be designated a Superfund site.
Work must begin with the sole motivation of improving public health and the environment. No other plan, no other dream, no other ambition is more important.
No other course of action should be permitted to take precedence over the health of Gowanus area residents and our children. The EPA indicated in those community meetings that they are ready, willing and able to proceed.
We are the people. Represent us, please. Call E.P.A. Administrator Lisa Jackson
Signed, XXXX
Address, XXXX
http://clarke.house.gov/contact/contact-us-form.shtml
***P.S.
If you have not done so already please also copy, paste and sign the letter above and email to the President, the Governor, and both Senators.***
For President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
For Governor Paterson
http://161.11.121.121/govemail
For Senator Schumer,
http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm
For Senator Gillibrand,
http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/
