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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.

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Could a Newark environmental justice law block a 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. ...

Will Newark power plant be a test for environmental justice?

POWER PLANT TESTS NJ EJ LAW — POLITICO’s Ry Rivard: New Jersey’s landmark environmental justice law is facing a major test — a new power plant in Newark that Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is on track to approve over the objection of the city’s mayor and many of Murphy’s environmental allies. ...

Will New Jersey allow a backup power plant?

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. ...

What's going on with New Jersey's gas-fired power plants?

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state’s environmental justice law — signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago — to take full effect. ...

Does Newark have a backup power plant?

FILE – Sections of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority plant are seen in Newark, N.J. A proposed backup power plant for the facility is drawing strenuous opposition from residents who say their neighborhood is already overburdened with polluting facilities, including two other power plants. ...

What is New Jersey's New Power Project?

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s decision was the first of its kind since 2020, when Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the state’s environmental justice law with great fanfare. The new power project is designed to kick in during severe storms, power outages or cyber attack. ...