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Under the new regulations, which Obama touted as the most important step the country
has taken to combat climate change, states are being asked to cut carbon dioxide
emissions by 32 percent by 2030.
Both Raimondo and Polsky said the Clear River Energy Center fits in perfectly with
Obama's plan.
They also said that the facility would provide millions of dollars in revenue to the town of
Burrillville and that building the plant would create more than 300 jobs. The plant would
employ about 25 full-time workers.
But not everyone is happy about the project.
Members of Fighting Against Natural Gas, or FANG, and the community organization
Burrillville Against Spectra Expansion rallied outside Tuesday's event to protest natural
gas infrastructure in the state.
Burrillville resident Christopher Currie, one of several protesters, said he was opposed to
the plant because hydraulic fracturing, the process used to extract oil and gas from rock
by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand and chemicals, is harmful to the
environment. Currie said he'd support a wind farm or another project that instead relied
on renewable energy.