Good riddance! A dirty old Queens power plant will close tonight at 11:59 on the dot. The Charles Poletti Power Project in Astoria was built in the mid-1970’s and could burn both oil and natural gas. But in 2002 after the EPA called it out as one of the city’s major polluters, Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. filed a lawsuit against the plant, that resulted in today’s shut-down. According to Fox 5, Vallone called the closure a breath of fresh air.