Residents, advocates worried about potential liquefied natural gas plant in Eddystone, Delaware County

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A potential liquified natural gas plant in a Delaware County town has both residents and activists up in arms, but as residents fight against it, they are left with more questions than answers.

Zulene Mayfield, with Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, is no stranger to liquified natural gas or the explosive dangers an LNG plant could bring with it.

“A couple of years ago, that proposal was slated to be put in the city of Chester,” said Mayfield. She and her organization fought hard and eventually were able to get the plan nixed. However, her fight is not over. She now fears for her neighboring town of Eddystone…

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