Proposed Burrillville power plant would thwart emissions goal

Roberts is submitting the testimony on behalf of the Conservation Law Foundation, a regional environmental group that is opposed to the power plant proposal. The group gave The Providence Journal an advance copy of the filing.

Roberts is not the first to invoke the Resilient Rhode Island Act in fighting the proposal. Jerry Elmer, staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, has contended that Invenergy’s application for the facility is incomplete because it fails to detail the climate change impacts of the proposal in Rhode Island.

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