Published 07/18/2024 9:17:00 p.m.

New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

New Jersey will allow construction of a backup power plant at a major sewage treatment facility, despite protests from Newark residents.
The decision marks the first major action under an environmental justice law aimed at reducing pollution in overburdened communities.
Opponents, including Maria Lopez-Nunez from the Ironbound Community Corp, criticize the decision as a "shameful, racist compromise" that favors harmful projects in their community.

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New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

New Jersey has decided to move let a proposal for a backup power plant at one of the country’s largest sewage treatment facilities move forward

07/18/2024 4:00:18 p.m.·United States

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New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has decided to allow building a new backup power plant at one of the country’s largest sewage treatment facilities. The plant will be in Newark, and residents there have put up a hard fight against it. The existing plant dumped some 840 million gallons of raw sewage into waterways when Superstorm Sandy knocked out electricity there in 2012. Thursday’s decision is the first major action under an env…

07/18/2024 4:00:19 p.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has decided to allow construction of a backup power plant at one of the country’s largest sewage treatment facilities. The plan has drawn the ire of the community. The existing plant dumped nearly a billion gallons of raw sewage into waterways when Superstorm Sandy knocked out electricity. Thursday’s decision is the first major action under an environmental justice law designed to prevent additiona…

07/18/2024 4:00:19 p.m.·Panama City, United States

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Rocky Mountain Outlook

New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

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07/18/2024 4:00:50 p.m.

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Star Tribune

New Jersey environmental justice law won't block power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

For nearly four years, residents of Newark's Ironbound section, a gritty, industrial neighborhood near an airport and surrounded by train tracks and many smelly sources of air pollution, had hoped an environmental justice law aimed at protecting communities like theirs would block construction of yet another gas-fired power plant.

07/18/2024 4:01:00 p.m.·Minneapolis, United States

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New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — In the first major decision issued under an environmental justice law designed to prevent additional sources of pollution in already overburdened communities, New Jersey will allow construction of a backup power plant at one of the country’s largest sewage treatment facilities. The facility dumped some 840 million gallons of raw sewage into waterways when Superstorm Sandy knocked out electricity in 2012. Anticipating the fury…

07/18/2024 4:00:18 p.m.·Tacoma, United States

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