The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission says the $180 million backup power project is needed to prevent another power failure like the one from Superstorm Sandy…
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.
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.
For Ironbound, a neighborhood populated mostly by people of color, opponents say it’s yet another sign officials think it’s OK to make their community a dumping ground for undesirable projects.“This is a shameful, racist compromise on behalf of the Murphy administration,” said Maria Lopez-Nunez, a deputy director of the Ironbound Community Corp., one of the loudest voices against the project.
A spokesman for the commission said it is reviewing the decision and noted the project still needs to receive a formal permit before work can begin.: protecting the environment, and keeping certain communities from being overburdened with pollution, particularly those where a majority of the population is made up of people of color. That second goal is part of an environmental justice movement taking aim at such projects nationwide.
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