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Hearing set for NJ power plant in polluted neighborhood

This April 20, 2022 photo shows a sign directed at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife at a protest rally against a proposed backup power plant at a Newark sewage treatment plant. Community residents say they are already overburdened with multiple sources of air pollution and want Murphy to cancel the project under an environmental justice law he signed in 2020. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) FILE - This Jan. 11, 2022 file photo shows part of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority plant in Newark N.J. A proposed backup power plant for the facility is drawing strenuous opposition from residents who say their neighborhood is already overburdened with polluting facilities, including two other power plants. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File) FILE - Eight-year-old Sapphire Tate arranges signs before a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility in Newark N.J. on April 20, 2022. The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission is pushing forward with the gas-fired power plant just months after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered them to pause it to ensure that the project does not violate a soon-to-take-effect environmental justice law designed to protect communities that are already overburdened with sources of pollution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File) FILE - In this April 20, 2022 file photo, activists attend a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility in Newark N.J. The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission is pushing forward with the gas-fired power plant just months after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered them to pause it to ensure that the project does not violate a soon-to-take-effect environmental justice law designed to protect communities that are already overburdened with sources of pollution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Hearing set for NJ power plant in polluted neighborhood