Hochul should be a true environmentalist and stop STAMP

Editor:

We demand our government and the NYSDEC stop the destruction of our protected wetlands!

How can Governor Kathy Hochul claim to be an environmentalist and allow the destruction of our wetlands in the Alabama Swamp?

The idea of a data center next to Indigenous land, next to a wildlife refuge and precious farmland is outrageous.

A mega industrial complex in the middle of nowhere!

WNY STAMP is ill-sited. They should build the WNY STAMP closer to Batavia – not in these protected vital wetlands habitat!

The noise from data centers is disruptive to wildlife and people alike. The vibration in the earth will affect wildlife.

The electricity demands from a data center will raise the consumer electric bills.

And water concerns – Genesee County has a water problem, being landlocked it depends on Monroe or Niagara County to get the water. Six million gallons of water daily from the Niagara River or Lake Ontario.

Pipelines need to be built to bring water in and send the sewer out, and we all know what happened last time they tried to build a sewer pipeline!

The habitat loss has resulted in a 50% decline in the endangered short-eared owl since 2011. The environmental impact statement was issued in 2012, coincidentally?

Governor Hochul, the STAMP project violates the New York CLCPA, Freshwater Wetlands Regulations, and the Environmental Justice Siting Act. Honor your words, “I am an environmentalist…” and protect the Iroquois NWR. Honor the Canandaigua Treaty and respect the Tonawanda Seneca People.

Stop STAMP!

Thanks,

Evelyn Wackett

Buffalo