ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic City has come out against a plan to capture carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power plant in northern New Jersey and dispose of it under the ocean floor.

The City Council passed a resolution Wednesday against the proposed PurGen One plant in Linden that would trap CO2 waste, transport it through a pipeline and pump it under pressure into the seabed off Atlantic City.

The $5 billion project is proposed by Massachusetts-based SCS Energy. It says the technology has been proven to work elsewhere and is safe for the environment.

Nevertheless, environmental groups applauded Atlantic City’s action.