Will NY Approve or Reject a New Gas-Fired Plant in Newburgh?

In 2019, a truly dreadful, jobs-killing piece of legislation in New York State was passed (see NY Bill Would Kill Thousands of Jobs to “Save the Climate”). The Climate Community Protection Act (CCPA) mandates the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to eliminate all so-called greenhouse gas emissions from any major source in the state by 2050. The following manufacturing industries in the state are now in the process of closing and/or moving out of the state: glass (say goodbye to Corning), steel, cement, auto, metal casting, food, pulp and paper, aluminum, plastics, ceramics, and chemicals. Yeah, pretty much all of Upstate is in the process of closing down. Welcome to NY and the nightmare we live in. All eyes are on a proposed natural gas-fired power plant planned for Newburgh. Will the DEC approve it? Or not, because of the CCPA mandates?

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