South Bronx residents demand the shutdown of polluting power plants - New York Amsterdam News

. Clean Path runs from upstate down to the city with solar and wind energy, and will be underground in the South Bronx. It’s estimated that it will eliminate about 49 million tons of COemissions statewide. The hope is to get it installed by 2027. The Champlain is a similar hydroelectric transmission line and aims at being installed and operational by 2025. Both were approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“The peakers aren’t being used at peak time. They’re being used all the time,” said A. Mychal Johnson of South Bronx Unite. “Our community of Black and Brown people is already considered asthma alley. We have a very large burden on top of us of environmental harm.” Septimo said the administration hasn’t been clear on a deadline and added her voice to the activists’ letter to the NYPA.’ inquiries, that it is currently performing a study on the peaker plant transition since it has to be accomplished while continuing to meet the electricity needs of the city.

NYPA said that it wrote a letter to South Bronx Unite on Monday, Feb. 28 that the group did not respond to. The agency said that the activist group then organized a public press conference without notifying NYPA this past Sunday. “NYPA has committed to being a first-mover, exploring new clean energy frontiers, so that we, together with our partners and along with other utilities, can demonstrate a direct path to a cleaner environment for all New Yorkers,” said NYPA president Gil C. Quiniones in a statement.Ariama C. Long is a Report for America corps member and writes about culture and politics in New York City for The Amsterdam News.

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