Ten Steps You Can Take to Close Indian Point

Croton CIP, in partnership with the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), is involved in a significant number of strategies to decommission Indian Point. One of the most important strategies is raising the voice of the silent majority who want Indian Point closed. If our political leaders understand that we will not rest until these plants are closed, they will listen, but we have to tell them, again and again. Below are 10 steps you can take to raise your voice and add it to the clamor. Please, do as many as you can.

  1. Contact Governor Pataki, again and again. Demand that he take a stance.

  2. Write or call FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and demand that they NOT Certify the Evacuation Plan.

  3. Write or call the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and demand that they declare the emergency plan inadequate to protect public health and safety and to order the closure of Indian Point.

  4. Write a Letter to the Editor of your local and regional newsapers.

  5. Contact Senators Clinton and Schumer and your Congressional Representative. Ask them to call for the immediate closure of Indian Point and safe decommissioning.

  6. Contact your State Senator and Member of the Assembly.

  7. Put a bumper sticker on your car. Call 1-800-I-SHUT-IT for a bumper sticker.

  8.  Support IPSEC financially. 

     

    To obtain a tax-deduction call 1-800-I-SHUT-IT.

  9. Volunteer with IPSEC. Call 1-800-I-SHUT-IT or send an email to IPSECPC@bestweb.net.

  10. Attend any and all public gatherings of IPSEC and its members.

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Contact Information for Your Elected Officials

New York State Governor
Governor George E. Pataki
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-8390
Email: go to website to send email http://www.state.ny.us/governor/ 

U.S. Senators
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
780 Third Avenue
Suite 2601
New York, NY 10017
(212) 688-6262 N.Y. office
(202) 224-4451 D.C. office
(212) 661-1395 fax
http://clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html

The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
757 Third Avenue
Suite 1702
New York, NY 10017
(212) 486-4430 N.Y. office
(202) 224-6542 D.C. office
(212) 486-7693 fax
http://schumer.senate.gov/webform.html

U.S. Representative
Sue Kelly (District 19)
(914) 241-6340 Westchester
(914) 241-3502 fax
(845) 897-5200 Dutchess
(202) 225-5441 D.C. office
(202) 225-3289 fax
dearsue@mail.house.gov 

N.Y. State Government
Vincent Leibell, State Senator 37th district
1441 Rte 22
Suite 205
Brewster, NY 10509
(518) 455-3111 Albany
(518) 426-6977 fax
(845) 279-3773 Brewster
leibell@senate.state.ny.us 

Sandra Galef, State Assembly, 90th district
2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
(518) 455-5348 Albany
(518) 455-5728 fax
(914) 941-1111 Ossining
(914) 941-9132 fax
galefs@assembly.state.ny.us 

NOTE: Elected officials respond best to written mail. Emails are the least effective method of getting their attention.

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Letters to the Editors

THE GAZETTE
Letters should be in by 11:00 on Tuesday if you would like it to be considered for Thursday.
The Gazette
P.O. Box 810
Croton, NY 10520-0810

THE JOURNAL NEWS
The editors invite you to send your brief letters. Letters may be edited for length. Please provide name, address and telephone number for verification. Letters may be published in print and/or distributed electronically.
The Journal News
1 Gannett Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
Fax: (914) 696-8396
Email: letters@thejournalnews.com 

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Letters should be no longer than 150 words and may be shortened to fit allotted space. They must be exclusive to The Times and refer to an article that has appeared within the last seven days. Letters must include the writer's address and daytime and evening phone numbers (not for publication).

The New York Times
Letters to the Editor
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036-3959
Email: letters@nytimes.com


*General Advice about Letters to the Editor

  1. Send your emails in the morning; they are more likely to be read.

  2. Send letters as soon as possible after the subject article publication date.

  3. Respond to a specific article and include the date and headline of your article in your letter.

  4. If your letter is not published, don't assume it wasn't considered print-worthy. There may have been other topics seen as more critical. They may be so swamped that they can't read everything. But lots of letters on a particular subject will always get noticed.

  5. Keep a file of your letters, and recycle them with minor changes if they don't get printed. If you have a file, you can respond more quickly the next time around.
     

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