Northport Power Station is built

Date Range

1967 – 1967

Title

Northport Power Station is built

What occurred

The Northport Power Station was built by the Long Island Lighting Company, and would later be used by National Grid USA. This power plant would go on to pollute the atmosphere with 5.2 million metric tons of CO2 every year, and is exempt from the Clean Air Act due to it being grandfathered in.

Location

Northport, New York

Image Citation

Newsday/John Paraskevas

Student name(s)

Dante Sasso Jr.