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MATEP opponents contend the plant's diesel engines would emit nitrous oxides at levels harmful to animal and human health...
...University planners have still been unable to secure state approval for installing the diesel engines which will produce the bulk of that electricity. Community groups in the Misison Hill and Brookline area have argued that the plant's diesels will spew dangerous nitrous oxides and carcinogens into their backyards. A series of state agency recommendations and rulings handed down this year have done nothing but further delay a project that is already several years late...
...residents object to the nitrous oxides and carcinogenic particles they say MATEP's diesel engines would emit if they are installed. The engines are necessary to make the $175 million plant, which would provide energy to 13 medical area institutions, cost-and energy-efficient...
...million cogeneration plant, designed to supply energy to 13 Medical Area institutions--including Harvard's three medical schools and its affiliated hospitals--has been the subject of intense community controversy because of the allegedly dangerous levels of nitrous oxides it would emit...
...regular unleaded is also scarce. In the past two years, consumption of the unleaded grades has grown dramatically, as federal antipollution laws have forced U.S. automakers to shift to production of cars unsuited for leaded fuels. Lead hampers the functioning of so-called catalytic converters, which remove pollutants like nitrous oxide from auto exhausts. Surging demand for unleaded fuel has driven Shell Oil Co., the nation's largest gasoline retailer, and Amoco Oil Co., the leading producer of unleaded gas, to begin limiting deliveries to dealers. Mobil and other companies are also hard pressed to meet demand...