We breathe a bit easier today
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, January 29, 2018
Community
residents celebrate a win against big pollutors as CMS Energy cancels
its plan to expand its "Natural" Gas Powerplant in S. Dearborn.
Today
CMS Energy announced that they will be pulling the permit proposal
which would have expanded their methane gas powerplant in the South end
of Dearborn, MI. The methane gas power facility, run by Dearborn
Industrial Generation or DIG, proposed the expansion to Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality late last year. They cited
additional capacity for energy generation at peak heating periods and
indicated at least part of this energy would be exported on the energy
grid.
On January 16, community residents came out in the hundreds to
voice their concerns. Residents explained that it was already difficult
to breathe in S. Dearborn and adjacent SW Detroit-- and this plant would
be an additional burden of air pollution.
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Not
only would the plant cause an undue burden on people, but the company
failed to provide due diligence in modeling air pollution
and overestimated costs for pollution controls. We never even saw an
Environmental Justice analysis.
US Representative Debbie Dingell
[D-Dearborn] told the FreePress: "We need to ensure that we can provide
reliable, affordable energy to all Michiganders, but the need for clean
air for our communities is equally important." The real thanks is due to
all the countless people who worked tirelessly to put pressure on MDEQ
and Consumers to say NO to more unfair contamination!
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