Wednesday, March 16, 2011

EPA Gives Go-Ahead to Avenal Power Plant

The Environmental Protection Agency has overruled a local E.P.A. decision and will allow construction of a natural gas fired power plant near the Central Valley town of Avenal. The proposed 600 megawatt facility is seven miles from Kettleman City, a community already under stress from polluted air and environmentally caused illness. Vic Bedoian reports from Fresno.