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State has hopefully struck a fatal blow to Springfield power plant

State has hopefully struck a fatal blow to Springfield power plant By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist,Updated April 3, 2021, 4:50 p.m. Email to a Friend Zulmalee Rivera-Delgado, 42, (right), her mother Grisel Delgado, 64, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and her 9-year-old daughter Zeva Rae Joyner, who has asthma, oppose the wood-energy plant proposed for Springfield. They say it will add to the already heavy pollution in the city.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Here is a good-news story I hadn’t expected to write. For years, residents and activists have been fighting to stop a wood-burning power plant from being built in East Springfield. The company hoping to build the facility argued that, because it would be burning waste wood as fuel, the plant would be a cleaner way to generate power, using a renewable energy source: 1,200 tons of sawdust, tree-trimming offcuts, and other wood waste per day.

Live updates on Manatee plant potential collapse: What you need to know Sunday

Manatee plant potential collapse: What you need to know Gov. DeSantis, state, local officials addressed the situation at Piney Point.     Updated Apr. 4 At a Sunday afternoon press conference, Manatee County officials reported “no news was good news” from the Piney Point reservoir leak. Vanessa Baugh, chairman of the Manatee County Commission, said that “we have thankfully avoided an uncontrolled breach.” Baugh assured county residents that their drinking water was safe, saying, “There is no threat to our primary source of drinking water Lake Manatee.” Dr. Scott Hopes, acting Manatee County administrator, said that there is now below 300 million gallons of water left to be pumped from the leaking reservoir. Last week that number was around 480 million gallons. Hopes said with the additional pumps being provided by the state, by tomorrow morning the amount of water being pumped out will be nearly doubled.

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