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NJ groups fight power plants and wait for enviro justice law

FILE — Eight-year-old Sapphire Tate holds a sign before a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility, in Newark, NJ, April 20, 2022. Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state's environmental law—signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago—to take full effect. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

FILE — Activists attend a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility, in Newark NJ, April 20, 2022. Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state's environmental law—signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago—to take full effect. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

NJ groups fight power plants and wait for enviro justice law