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Residents and advocates warn of harms from proposed Kennedy's gas plant; urge full review
Summary
Residents and environmental groups told a Senate subcommittee that a proposed large gas-fired plant at Kennedy's risks pollution, flooding and community harm. Testimony highlighted missing cost disclosures, differing IRP estimates and the need for full siting review and alternatives analysis.
Residents and environmental advocates told a Senate energy subcommittee that a proposed large gas-fired combined-cycle plant near Kennedy's would threaten public health, local waterways and an already-burdened community.
The testimony matters because the proposed facility would be a large, centralized source of emissions and require new pipeline and transmission work. Witnesses said the site is flood-prone, lies within the ACE Basin and that community members have lived with decades of pollution from earlier fossil-fuel infrastructure.
Robbie Maynor, who said he works with the Southern Environmental Law Center and is a resident of Kennedy's, told the panel he lives about two miles upstream from the proposed site. "Kennedy's is a very small rural community located along the…
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