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Newark council advances two 'Fossil Free Future' ordinances on first reading after public testimony
Summary
The Newark Municipal Council advanced two ordinances on first reading to bar new or expanded major fossil-fuel facilities and to prohibit city investments in such facilities after residents and environmental groups urged action on air quality and public health impacts.
Council members advanced two ordinances on first reading on Wednesday that would restrict both the siting of large fossil-fuel facilities in Newark and the use of city funds to support them.
Dr. Leah Owens of the South Ward Environmental Alliance told the council that the pair of items on the agenda (identified in public comment as agenda items 25 15 10 and 25 15 11) would “amend the zoning and land use code to prohibit new or expanded fossil fuel facilities” that meet the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s definition of a major source of air pollution, and would “prohibit public investments in these major fossil fuel…
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