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Environmental News Reporter Susan Kathryn Hefti Investigated the Cos Cob Power Plant when Greenwich Slated the Industrial Site for Low-Income Housing

 

Cos Cob Power Plant
Cos Cob Power Plant

When the town of Greenwich announced its plan to use the Cos Cob Power Plant for a low-income housing site, Environmental News Reporter, Susan Kathryn Hefti, grew suspicious as to whether the site might be contaminated with PCBs and other toxic contaminants.

Following several other news reports Hefti wrote about the site, she filed the following story after the State of Connecticut's Department of Environmental Protection finally opened an investigation into the environmental status of the Cos Cob Power Plant.

You can hear Susan Kathryn Hefti's related environmental news report by clicking on this link.

Ultimately, the Cos Cob Power Plant was never used for a low-income, or any other, housing site.

For more environmental news stories reported by Susan Kathryn Hefti, please continue to explore the digital archive of her work @ Susan Kathryn Hefti Environmental News Reporter Archive.

To learn more about the culture & political news stories reported by Susan Kathryn Hefti, please visit the digital archive of her column, The Preservation Diaries, which was originally published on the online magazine, The Clyde Fitch Report: The Nexus of Arts & Politics:  Susan Kathryn Hefti - Culture & Political News Reporter Archive.

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