Protestan por Extension de Permisos a Plantas de Energia en el Bronx
El Diario
By Redacción
NEW YORK – If you turn on your air conditioner or flip your light switch on a hot summer day in the Bronx , you'll be using power from two natural gas plants that were originally scheduled to shut down more than a decade ago.
In 2001, the two units at the Harlem River Yard were installed in the Port Morris area of the South Bronx , with the promise that it would be temporary. Now, 14 years later, the New York Power Authority , which owns and is responsible for the plants, wants to extend the facilities' operating permits that are scheduled to expire on January 9.
But South Bronx Unite , a coalition of residents, is fighting the decision. The group has called for the plants to be shut down because they say they contribute significantly to poor air quality in the county.
“But the contamination is not restricted to the Bronx. The wind blows pollutants in all directions,” said Frank Eadie , chairman of the energy committee of the New York affiliate of the Sierra Club . “We need to deal with the entire city, with the entire state, not just the local people around that particular place. It's not just one county involved in this, it's all of us."
