Chelsea Peak energy plant thwarted.

PositionMassachusetts - Conservation Law Foundation - Brief article

THIS MAY A STATE RULING DELIVERED a close-to-final blow to the proposed oil-fueled power plant in Chelsea. After intense opposition from CLF and its allies, Massachusetts' top environmental regulator deemed the project "unlikely" to win state approval. The proposed 250 MW plant was planned for the banks of Chelsea Creek next to an elementary school, an area already overburdened with air pollution.

However, concerns still linger for Chelsea residents. Environmentalists explain that even without the plant, the area suffers from high levels of air pollution from diesel-fueled vehicles and airplane traffic from Logan Airport. An EPA...

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