A no solutions band of fractivists went to a construction and demolition waste site Tuesday to oppose a power plant that would address NYC electricity needs.

The hollowness of the fractivist cause was exposed on Tuesday. A dozen or so enviros appeared at a construction and demolition wastes site in North Bergen, New Jersey. They were there to oppose building a brand new, super-clean, gas-fired power plant that would help meet NYC electricity needs. They had virtually nothing to say other than to threaten their favorite governor with litigation. There were no alternatives offered to the North Bergen Liberty Generating Plant proposal, no attempt to reason and no recognition of need even, just pure opposition combined with threats. It was classic no solutions fractivism, otherwise known as denial.

The North Bergen Liberty Generating Plant is described very nicely on the project website but here are some the essentials from the Q&A page:

• The NBLG project is a 1,200 megawatt, natural gas-fired electric generating facility proposed for an industrially-zoned site in North Bergen, New Jersey. NBLG will provide much needed power where the region needs it the most — Manhattan.

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