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...upcoming work schedule will not be without another spate of community protests. But despite the inevitable symbolic display the NOMATEP coalition shows signs of cracking. The group which originally claimed to represent thousands of concerned citizens and to speak for more than 100 organizations nationwide still packs a living room on occasion, but many members say the fight has been long and frustrating, with no satisfying results. They feel their efforts won only a little extra time before health catastrophe. "What we were trying to do was prove this is a harmful thing before the damage," coalition member Charlotte Ploss...
...nearly five years the battles went to the underdog. Against invisible odds, the small but scrappy NOMATEP coalition--lacking legal and technical expertise--repeatedly grabbed the ear and approval of judges and regulators. Harvard was repeatedly told to prove that the diesel engines for the plant--which would be the largest of its kind in North America--would not choke Boston. To Harvard's dismay, the hearings triggered a spiral of unforeseen delays and escalating costs...
...Saturday, police confiscated all the liquor and proceeds collected at the door and bar at the party held at Roger's home in Jamaica Plain. The event was attended by about 50 to 75 members of the NOMATEP coalition, which opposes the construction of the $238 million engine power plant for environmental reasons...
...feisty NOMATEP group says it plans to broaden its sources of financing so that it can continue to take some swings at Harvard in court. Fundraising events are in the works. But the legal fight is entering its final rounds. Both sides have moved to have the appeal of the DEQE approval of the engines sent to the state Supreme Court. If heard, the decision laid down should be final. The case, which some officials say may be heard by the end of the year, would leave both sides with no further outlet for appeal...
Another Harvard victory there would leave the opposing coalition with new and different responsibilities, NOMATEP members say. "When those avenues are exhausted, they're exhausted. There'll be no route to stopping the plant," Partan says. "Then it becomes our duty to police the plant...