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Biomass Cogeneration Replaces Coal-Fired Power at Savannah River Site
AIKEN, South Carolina, March 13, 2012 (ENS) – A new biomass cogeneration facility was opened Monday at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in Aiken to replace an old, polluting coal-fired power plant at one of the nation’s nuclear weapons …

Decade-long Grassroots Campaign Shuts Two Chicago Coal Plants, March 2, 2012 (ENS)  

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680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these CLEAN AIR STANDARDS

Comments being delivered to the EPA.

April 24, 2012, earthjustice.org | “Industrial carbon pollution from coal plants is making us sick, driving climate change, and intensifying the smog-filled air that triggers asthma attacks in children and seniors. In late March, the Environmental Protection Agency aimed to settle stomachs when it released clean air standards to curb this dangerous pollution from new plants.  Already, 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these precedent-setting protections.”

“~ 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.
Over 600,000 people sign comments opposing industrial coal plant pollution
earthjustice.org
4/24/12, Already, 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these precedent-setting protections. The comments were delivered directly to the EPA earlier today, but do not fear if you haven’t weighed in yet. We’re just getting started.”
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680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these CLEAN AIR STANDARDS

Comments being delivered to the EPA.

April 24, 2012, earthjustice.org | “Industrial carbon pollution from coal plants is making us sick, driving climate change, and intensifying the smog-filled air that triggers asthma attacks in children and seniors. In late March, the Environmental Protection Agency aimed to settle stomachs when it released clean air standards to curb this dangerous pollution from new plants.  Already, 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these precedent-setting protections.”

“~ 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.
Over 600,000 people sign comments opposing industrial coal plant pollution
earthjustice.org
4/24/12, Already, 680,000 people have submitted public comments in support of these precedent-setting protections. The comments were delivered directly to the EPA earlier today, but do not fear if you haven’t weighed in yet. We’re just getting started.”
  • Veronica Smith, Crystal Pistol, and Rita Jacinto like this.

Decade-long Grassroots Campaign Shuts Two Chicago Coal Plants

March 2, 2012, www.ens-newswire.com  | “Community organizers in Chicago are celebrating a victory that has been 10 years in the making – the closure of two of the oldest, most polluting coal-fired power plants in the country – both in residential neighborhoods.”

“Decade-long Grassroots Campaign Shuts Two Chicago Coal Plants
www.ens-newswire.com”
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Court Denies Attempt to Stall Pollution Controls for New Mexico Coal-Burning Plant

March 1, 2012, www.earthjustice.org | “A federal court ruled today that New Mexico power company PNM must comply with a decision last fall requiring the utility to install pollution controls to significantly cut the 16,000 tons a year of harmful haze, ozone, and fine particle-producing nitrogen pollution that pours from the smokestacks each year at the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, New Mexico.”

“Court Upholds Pollution Controls for New Mexico Coal-Burning Plant, 3/1/12
A federal court ruled today that New Mexico power company PNM must comply with a decision last fall requiring the utility to install pollution controls to significantly cut the 16,000 tons a year of harmful haze, ozone, and fine particle-producing nitrogen pollution that pours from the smokestacks e…”
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North Carolina Gets Great Clean Air News — Coal Power Plants retired

sierraclub.typepad.com, 1/18/12, “Great clean air news out of North Carolina today – the Sierra Club and four of our key allies are announcing a settlement that will retire 1,600-megawatts of dirty coal power. North Carolina has long been a clean air leader,…  Posted byThérèse Williams  “Under the terms of the settlement, Duke will retire old coal plants that have double the electric generating capacity of Cliffside, and will make those retirements legally binding. The Southern Environmental Law Center negotiated the settlement on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. For more about the settlement, read the joint press release.”