Bill to Alter NY's Climate Law Includes 11th-Hour Bid to Keep State's Last Biomass Power Plant Open

Lawmakers are trying to keep the Black River power plant at Fort Drum from closing by changing the state's definition of renewable energy to include the burning of wood, known as forest biomass. This process has been scientifically proven to pollute more than coal.

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