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Peabody council presses for transparency, public forums on new peaker plant
Summary
Peabody city councilors, in a Student Government Day session on April 3, passed a motion calling for increased environmental awareness and public meetings about a recently installed peaker power plant; council also requested a summary from the municipal light plant about plant use and impacts.
The Peabody City Council, meeting as part of Student Government Day on April 3, voted to increase transparency and hold public forums about a recently installed peaker power plant, and asked the Peabody Municipal Light Plant (PMLP) to provide a summary of the plant’s usage and local impacts.
Councilor Catherine Holleran introduced the motion citing air-quality and health concerns. Holleran told the council the plant "is expected to emit over 51,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the air annually," and said that concentrated emissions in the city could worsen local respiratory illness…
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