Gas-Fired Power Plant Near Scranton Nears Startup; Yellow Smoke

Invenergy is currently building the Lackawanna Energy Center, a 1,480 megawatt plant in Jessup, PA (near Scranton) that will cost “well over $1 billion” according to an exclusive MDN source working on the project. When the plant is completed (first phase now done), and when it goes online (to be determined), it will be Pennsylvania’s largest natural gas-fired electric generating plant. As with all fossil fuel-related projects, there is a dedicated (small) group of antis attempting to stop the project. They frequently conduct smear campaigns, making all sorts of wild claims, in their futile attempt to stop the project. Here's the latest example. The plant is, this week, going through a "short" commissioning stage--a time when they test the machinery in preparation to begin operations. As part of the commissioning, there is a "visible vapor plume and audible noise"--but NO chemicals are involved. Yet a local, well-known anti, upon seeing a waft of "yellow smoke" coming from the plant, immediately claimed she felt "burning [in] my nose, throat, sinuses and chest"--even though no chemicals were used during testing. What does that tell you about the veracity of the antis opposed to the plant?...

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