Report: The proposed Peabody power plant will exacerbate existing health inequalities November 4, 2022
WBUR
“The conclusions of the two studies are remarkably similar: these expansions of natural gas infrastructure are being carried out in the midst of environmental justice communities who already live in the shadow of excess air, water and soil pollution that is having measurable negative health impacts,” [said Brita Lundberg with Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility].
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