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https://www.mothersoutfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-3.jpg20161512(Newburgh, NY) In a key win for New York residents and for climate advocates, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) yesterday denied a permit to the Danskammer Energy plant in Newburgh, NY. The proposed fracked-gas plant would have resulted in the release of toxic gases, like benzene, into the adjacent communities air and water as well as contributed to climate change-inducing greenhouse gas emissions. Fracking has been linked to severe adverse health effects including respiratory distress and premature birth. Mothers Out Front Dutchess shares this victory with Food and Water Action, Scenic Hudson, NYPIRG and other grassroots and environmental organizations with whom the organization worked in solidarity with to prevent the expansion of fracked-gas combustion. For the ...