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- Denis Du Bois
- Username: cleantech
- Location: Seattle, Washington
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- "New Coal Plants on the Drawing Board"
- Summary: Navajos protest plans for new coal-burning power plant.
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Nail in the coffin
Denis Du Bois
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 05:14 PM
Dozens of personal, pointed stories like this one helped to put a stop to coal plant construction, from Four Corners New Mexico to the four corners of North America, in 2008.
As I write this comment, almost every fossil-fueled station like Desert Rock in the U.S. is on hold -- and to some degree so are the coal mining practices that accompany them.
The same phenomenon that stopped the irresponsible expansion of nuclear power after Three Mile Island is the same one that is halting coal in its tracks today: An enlightened American public simply says, "No."
Keep up the good work!
For updates on Desert Rock:
http://www.desertrockenergyproject.com/news.htm