For Immediate Release
Contact: Megan Steele, Sierra Club NJ, megan.steele@sierraclub.org
HOBOKEN, NJ -- Last night, Hoboken City Council passed a resolution asking the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) to use alternative energy for their proposed 34 MW gas fired power plant that would be located in the Ironbound community of Newark. Hoboken is the first city to have passed such a resolution.
A similar resolution is also moving forward in Newark. Last night, the Newark Environmental Commission voted to present such a resolution to the Newark Municipal Council. The Council meets next on August 3, 2021.
“Hoboken is once again standing up for our lungs and environment. They are the first city to pass a resolution asking PVSC to use renewable energy alternatives for their proposed dirty power plant. Even better, Newark City is close behind. This is critical because moving forward with a dirty gas plant will add hundreds of thousands of tons of CO2 into an area that is already choking on pollution,” said Taylor McFarland, Acting Director, Sierra Club New Jersey.“Hoboken should be a model for other towns and municipalities to follow. More importantly, Governor Murphy should look at this opposition as an alarm bell going off. We thank the Hoboken City Council for putting people first before polluters, and we are glad to see a similar resolution moving forward in Newark.”