Using bureaucratic or legal means, such as zoning or water use, environmental groups have stopped 65 coal plants in the last three years. The LA Times explains its really a war about climate change, “Coal puts twice as much temperature-raising carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as natural gas, second to coal as the most common power plant fuel.“
Bye, Bye Coal Plants Say Environmental Groups
Bye, Bye Coal Plants Say Environmental Groups
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Submitted by ecochildsplay on Wed, 2008-04-16 03:48. | Tags: architecture | climate change | coal | Environmental Defense Council | environmental groups | LA Times | Sierra Club