A power company has abandoned plans for a natural gas-fired power plant planned for an already polluted low-income area in New Jersey. Environmental advocates are celebrating, saying the plant would have increased climate emissions and local pollution.
The CPV power plant operates in Woodbridge N.J., on Feb. 27, 2023. The company that owns CPV, Competitive Power Ventures, said Oct. 11, 2023, it is dropping plans to build a second such power plant next to the existing one citing unfavorable economic conditions. Residents and environmental groups strongly opposed the project on environmental justice grounds, saying the area already is plagued by poor air quality. The CPV power plant operates in Woodbridge N.J., on Feb. 27, 2023.
Company spokesman Matthew Litchfield said CPV’s agreement with PJM Interconnection, a regional power transmission organization, required it to either begin construction or terminate the agreement by Sept. 30.Changing of the guard in the NHL? AP predicts the Stanley Cup champion and top award winners“In light of current PJM market conditions that do not support construction of the project at this time, CPV had to withdraw from the interconnection agreement,” he said.
A wide coalition of residents from Woodbridge and surrounding low-income communities, environmental and social justice groups opposed the project, saying it would have placed an unacceptably high health burden in an area that already deals with serious pollution.The American Lung Association gives Middlesex County, which includes Woodbridge, a grade of “F” for ground-level ozone pollution.
“The CPV power plant scheme would have dumped air pollution into already overburdened communities, and undermined the Murphy administration’s climate goals,” said Charlie Kratovil, an organizer for Food & Water Watch. “The inspiring grassroots movement to stop this plant won a major victory for clean air, environmental justice, and our climate.”
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