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Connecticut power plant proposal at odds with climate goals, critics say


Opponents of the planned Killingly Energy Center want Gov. Ned Lamont to intervene to block the 650-megawatt project. 
As Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s climate council finalizes recommendations for how the state can meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals, state agencies are simultaneously overseeing final approvals for a new natural gas-fired power plant.
Opponents of the project say the two processes are working at cross-purposes, and it’s time the Lamont administration resolved the conflict. 
Environmental activists joined with a few state lawmakers Tuesday to repeat their demands that the administration find a way to stop the 650-megawatt facility, called the Killingly Energy Center.  ....

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