It’s time to retire the Bridgeport coal-fired power plant - one of southern Connecticut’s biggest polluters. The plant’s pollution contributes to the 32 orange alert days my town has on average. That means my 90 year-old grandfather is not even allowed to go outside 32 days of the year! He cannot go get the mail, go to the grocery store, or chat with the neighbors - simple tasks that everyone should be able to enjoy. Instead we stay inside and play cards. Not that I don’t enjoy cards, but my grandfather loves being active. How else do you think he has lived to reach the age of 90? One of the biggest pollution culprits? The Bridgeport coal-fired power plant.
That power plant does not just affect Bridgeport but neighboring towns as well, like where my grandfather lives in Stratford and where I live in Woodbridge. It’s time for this old polluter to go. A concerned granddaughter ...
Charlotte Sappo
Woodbridge