Rally To Stop Meadowlands Power Plant Is Tuesday

BERGEN COUNTY NJ — Residents and environmentalists will host a rally Tuesday in opposition to bringing a power plant to the Meadowlands.

Representatives from 30 organizations, including Food & Water Watch, the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, and the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy organization, will be at 60 Bergen Turnpike in Ridgefield Park beginning at 4 p.m.

Food & Water Watch is a national nonprofit that works to keep pollution out of food and water and protect the environment.

Environmentalists and others have held rallies where the power plant would go for months. They are concerned that they would "risk the health of our local communities and would be among the largest sources of climate destroying greenhouse gases in the region," Food & Water Watch said in a press release.

The plant's estimated 2.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions would tie it with the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden as the biggest producer of greenhouse gas in New Jersey, according to NorthJersey.com.

Opponents of the power plant started a website and are encouraging people to sign a petition to try to stop the power plant from being built.

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