Schumer Joins Fight Against Astoria Power Plant Proposal
DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Astoria. Now Schumer is getting involved.
Lee Harris · July 12, 2021

Opposing a new permit for NRGs Astoria plant, Sen. Chuck Schumer is flanked by city council candidate Tiffany Cabán, Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz, state Sens. Jessica Ramos and Michael Gianaris, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, and youth enviro group the Veggie Nuggets. | Lee Harris
This story was co-published with The American Prospect.

Members of The Veggie Nuggets, a group of young Astoria environmentalists affiliated with Queens Climate Project. They are angry about high rates of asthma among their schoolmates, one Veggie Nugget said.
| Lee Harris

Protesters march against fossil fuel plants in Queens.
| Illapa Sairitupac

Outside Astoria Houses during Hurricane Sandy.
| NYCHA

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