Los comisionados de Bergen del Norte aprueban una resolución en la que se pide el cierre de la central eléctrica PSE&G a gas de Ridgefield, la transición a un uso más limpio y renovable

Township Urges Ridgefield Mayor Suarez to Support Decommissioning of Fossil Fuel Plant After Utility Announces Divestment Plan

NORTH BERGEN, NJ — El alcalde Nicholas Sacco y la Junta de Comisionados aprobaron recientemente una resolución en la que piden al alcalde de Ridgefield, Anthony Suarez, y al Consejo de la Ciudad que se unan a ellos para apoyar el cierre de la Estación Generadora PSE&G Bergen, una gigantesca central de energía a gas de 1.229 megavatios ubicada en la comunidad cercana que ha sido nombrada repetidamente por los defensores del medio ambiente como el principal productor de gases de efecto invernadero en el estado. La acción de North Bergen se produce después de que PSE&G anunciara públicamente que planeaba desinvertir de sus plantas de combustibles fósiles en el estado. Este anuncio ha creado la primera oportunidad real de impulsar el cierre de la central eléctrica más sucia del estado desde su apertura en 1995.

“The Bergen Generating Station has consistently been cited as the dirtiest power plant in the state and the biggest contributor to climate change in our area — closing this plant and transitioning it to a renewable energy use would not only benefit North Bergen residents by making our air cleaner and reducing carbon emissions, it would also help hundreds of thousands of people who live within a few miles of the facility,” said Mayor Sacco. “With PSE&G announcing its divestment plan, this is the perfect opportunity for local communities to bring pressure on the utility to close this dirty plant, and we hope that Mayor Suarez and his fellow Ridgefield leaders will join us in this fight and make their commitment to environmental justice clear.”

Mayor Suarez was an outspoken opponent of a proposed power plant project in North Bergen that was later cancelled after public outcry from environmentalists and residents in the area. Suarez attended public rallies against the project and was frequently quoted in the media on the topic, saying that he opposed it because: “Most importantly, the effects on our health and… our air here already isn’t a great quality. It’s gonna be putting more and more CO2 emissions into the air.”