Los Angeles’ biggest gas-fired power plant was supposed to be headed toward a cleaner future. Instead, the city’s $800 million plan to add hydrogen-capable turbines at the beachside Scattergood Generating Station is facing a legal challenge from environmental groups.
At the heart of the fight is a basic disagreement over the project’s climate value: whether it represents real progress or an expensive way to keep fossil fuel infrastructure in place, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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In Los Angeles County Superior Court, a coalition made up of Communities for a Better Environment, Sierra Club, Los Angeles Waterkeeper, Food and Water Watch, and Physicians for Social Responsibility — LA — has sued the city and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Their case says city officials approved the project without providing enough detail to satisfy the California Environmental Quality Act…