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American Municipal Power of Ohio will not build coal-fired power plant
November 25, 2009, 11:54AM Updated 2:15 p.m. American Municipal Power, the largest wholesale supplier of power to Cleveland, will not build a coal-fired 1,000-megawatt power plant on the Ohio River in Meigs County.
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EPA Issues Carbon-Emissions Rule
07-Dec-2009—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared carbon dioxide a health hazard today, paving the way for new regulation of emissions from sources such as power plants, factories, cars and trucks. The decision allows the agency to issue rules to govern heat-trapping pollution that many scientists say may lead to irreversible climate shifts. The EPA announced the decision in a statement that said the science “overwhelmingly” supports the finding. EPA
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The Wayne-White electric utility in southern Illinois is frightening its customers
An electric utility in southern Illinois is frightening thousands of its customers by spreading misinformation about President Obama’s clean energy reform agenda. The Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative has joined the American Petroleum Institute’s “Energy Citizens” propaganda campaign, telling its members to oppose the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
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Great story about the Central Electric Power Cooperative out of South Carolina
Carolina's electricity cooperatives have an $800 million plan that could dramatically cut energy use in nearly a quarter-million homes -- and cost almost no money. The plan could save billions of dollars in costs for electricity use and power plant construction, and substantially cut greenhouse gas pollution
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Highwood coal plant dropped for natural gas/wind
Billings, Montana—Blaming regulatory uncertainty and environmental lawsuits, developers of the Highwood Generating Station near Great Falls are halting work on the planned coal-fired generating plant for now and are going to build one powered by natural gas with wind turbines for additional power.
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