First appearance on Fox: A controversial nonprofit watchdog group with a history of anti-Israel rhetoric and ties to vulnerable Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown could lose hundreds of jobs and increase energy costs. It is working to shut down one of the largest power plants in the United States. Ohioans.
Recent Private Equity Stakeholder Projects (PESP) sent a joint letteralong with the Sierra Club called on Blackstone to shut down the Gavin Power Plant in Ohio, citing environmental concerns and calling the plant “the largest and dirtiest” in the United States.
The coal-fired power plant is the largest coal-fired power plant in Ohio and the ninth largest in the United States, with nearly 300 employees. The Energy Research Institute said closing the plant could “adversely impact the stability of the electrical grid and electricity market,” given that the plant produces 11% of Ohio's electricity. I'm guessing.
Other experts warn that residents of Gallia County, Ohio, where the plant is located, have already been infected. Average electricity bill is high That's higher than the rest of Ohio and 24% higher than the national average, suggesting plant closures will drive these costs up even more.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) walks through the U.S. Capitol in July. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
In recent weeks, the Sierra Club Running ads Targeted Blackstone's leadership in an attempt to pressure the group to close the factory.
Brown benefited Virtual phone bank event Sponsored by the Sierra Club at the end of September and endorsed by their PAC, it has a long history of working with PESP.
Brown participated in a PESP press conference in June and mentioned PESP in a letter to the Federal Home Loan Association in 2020.
“NPR reports that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, in search of answers Then, from the corporate landlord report “The Private Equity Stakeholder Project found that the company filed more evictions in predominantly Black neighborhoods during the pandemic,” the National Low Income Housing Coalition said. I wrote about Brown. and the promotion of PESP in 2021.
Mr. Brown also mentioned the PESP initiative. 2024 letter to the Ministry of Labor.
a Previous FOX Business Review Several PESP staffers, who receive funding from left-wing groups such as the Soros-backed Foundation for Open Societies, the Ford Foundation, and the Srdna Foundation, have participated in anti-Israel protests and promoted extremist causes. I discovered what I was doing. in connection with a dispute.
On the day of the Hamas attack on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people and took hundreds more hostage, PESP senior research coordinator and self-proclaimed “Marxist” Abhilasha Bohra used the phrase “river to river”. Liked a post by X that included . The word “sea” is widely understood to call for the annihilation of the state of Israel.
PESP Senior Housing Campaign Coordinator and community organizer K. Agbebiyi attended the event. November 2023 Meeting In December of that year, she “demanded an end to genocide in Palestine” in Washington, D.C. I posted a photo A mural titled “Liberation looks like terrorism in the eyes of the oppressors.”
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Polls show a close race between Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Bernie Moreno. (Getty Images)
In addition, Mr. Agbebiy signed a letter with other University of Michigan alumni accusing the university of “anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim hostility” and calling for the university to pursue “exchange programs and strategic programs with Israeli universities.” They demanded that the partnership be discontinued.
2022, Agbebii Posted in X She is “becoming more principled as a Marxist.” explained her political views as a “communist”.
A Brown campaign spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Brown “will always fight to protect Ohio jobs, keep our factories open, keep our energy costs affordable, and keep our local residents safe.” “We will continue to work with the company, workers and community leaders.” Please stay healthy and safe. ” However, the campaign did not address Fox News Digital's questions about PESP's anti-Israel rhetoric.
Many experts believe the Ohio Senate elections will play a key role in determining which party controls the Senate next year, with the Cook Political Report predicting that Mr. Brown and Republican businessman Bernie・The election race between Mr. Moreno is evaluated as a “very close race.”
Energy is a key issue in Ohio, where coal energy production and hydraulic fracturing are the top issues for voters.
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Brown's campaign told Fox News Digital that Brown “believes in all of the above approaches to American energy independence” and cited examples of “standing up to his own party” to block Biden's energy regulations. pointed out. vote against Biden's 'clean' power plant rules.
“Sherrod Brown is a Green New Deal radical who wants to shut down energy production in Ohio,” Moreno campaign spokesperson Regan McCarthy told Fox News Digital. “Mr. Sherrod claims that there is no war on coal, but he is actively campaigning with extremists who want to shut down a coal-fired power plant in Ohio. Unlike Mr. Sherrod, Mr. Bernie I will always support Ohio's energy industry.”
Matt Parr, communications director for PESP, defended the group's push to close the plant, calling it “one of the highest-emitting, dirtiest, and most dangerous coal-fired power plants in the United States.” I called.
“The Gavin coal-fired power plant, owned by private equity giant Blackstone, is one of the highest-emitting, dirtiest and most dangerous coal-fired power plants in the United States, emitting 14.7 million tons of CO2 last year. “I did,” Parr told FOX News Digital. “Because Blackstone's Gavin plant is upwind of eastern U.S. metropolitan areas such as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the plume of toxins emanating from Blackstone's 50-year-old Gavin plant could be seen in the public domain in Ohio and other states. Modeling has shown that Blackstone's Gavin plant is the deadliest coal-fired power plant in the country, with an estimated 244 deaths each year due to particulate emissions. It’s causing death.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Sierra Club for comment but did not receive a response.
