Coal plant might not be best, council told/ Wind worth a look, advocates...

The Gazette;  October 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......conservation as to a proposed cleaner-burning coal plant. A string of utility customers and civic...the need for the proposed $250 million coal plant. The comments came during a public hearing...wastewater treatment plant and the new coal plant. Utility officials have spent about...

Energy company fights to build coal plant near Baylor U.

University Wire;  June 12, 2007 ;     455 words ......approval of TXU's permit to build a new coal plant in the Waco, Texas, area. The Oak Grove...of the 11 coal plants. The Oak Grove coal plant in Robertson County would burn lignite...said he's been fighting the Sandy Creek coal plant near Waco for four years. "We shouldn...

CAMPUS COAL PLANT SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  May 5, 2008 ;     184 words ......Kelley Kowitz Madison Dear Editor: The coal plant on Charter Street must be shut down...fish we eat. Living right next to this coal plant makes me worried for my health and the...progressive university; however, with a coal plant sitting right in the middle of campus...

WPS coal plant permit challenged; Sierra Club says air pollution will...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 16, 2004 ;     447 words ...WPS coal plant permit challenged Sierra Club says air...environmental permit for the $752 million coal plant being built near Wausau. The environmental...claims that air pollution from the Weston coal plant, which has three old plants in addition...

PROPOSED COAL PLANT ON MISSISSIPPI WOULD BE DIRTY,...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 27, 2006 ;     267 words ......its proposal to build a 300-megawatt coal plant on the Mississippi River at Cassville...present reality. The proposed Alliant coal plant is unreasonable for four reasons: Carbon...populations worldwide. Yet the Alliant coal plant would not minimize CO2 emissions and...

Unfinished Nuclear Power Plant in Hollywood, Ala., May Become Coal Plant.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ......being the site of a new clean-burning coal plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing...erect a combined cycle, clean-burning coal plant adjacent to the idle nuclear complex...economy in this century. The proposed coal plant would use the switchyard, railroads and...

Environmental group challenges plans for $752 million Wausau, Wis., coal...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 16, 2004 ;     491 words ......environmental permit for the $752 million coal plant being built near Wausau. The environmental...claims that air pollution from the Weston coal plant, which has three old plants in addition...them to emit fewer toxins than the new coal plant, projected to open in 2008. We contend...

Plans for coal plant criticized <> Alliant has goal to burn biomass

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 13, 2008 ;     411 words ......proposed a $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion coal plant in Cassville to help meet demand for...lacks on-site storage for biofuels. "This coal plant proposal is all smoke and mirrors. It...way. It's a very expensive and dirty coal plant that will emit millions of tons of pollutants...

Sierra Club sues U. Wisconsin over coal plant

University Wire;  May 4, 2007 ;     504 words ......pollution standards with the campus' coal plant. The Sierra Club held a press conference outside the Charter Street coal plant to explain its evidence, saying...Sierra Club, said the Charter Street coal plant is one of the three largest sources...

PSC approves coal plant in state's north-central area; Growing demand for...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 24, 2004 ;     637 words ...PSC approves coal plant in state's north-central area Growing...voted to allow construction of a new coal plant. "It's crystal clear that there's a...of controversy surrounding the WPS coal plant, compared with the high-profile media...

REJECT ALLIANT'S CASSVILLE COAL PLANT PROPOSAL.(OPINION)(Letter to the...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  September 21, 2008 ;     127 words ......initiative is Alliant Energy's Cassville coal plant proposal currently under review at the Public Service Commission. This coal plant would spew global warming pollution into...heavily polluting and fiscally irresponsible coal plant proposal.

ENERGY; Is this plant needed?; Alliant Energy's plan to offset greenhouse...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 23, 2008 ;     461 words ......the greenhouse gas emissions from a new coal plant it is proposing to build in southwestern...than they have so far for building a coal plant in Cassville. State regulators need to...make a convincing case for the kind of coal plant they have proposed, the state shouldn...

Decision in coal plant case delayed; Judge wants time to mull issues...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 9, 2004 ;     588 words ...Decision in coal plant case delayed Judge wants time to mull...and against a proposed $2.15 billion coal plant in Oak Creek tried Friday to convince...ate's energy priority law by approving a coal plant, the most polluting form of generating...

Foes throw water on San Antonio city-owned utility's coal-plant proposal.

San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX);  December 3, 2004 ;     534 words ......Opponents of City Public Service's proposed coal plant are pointing to the utility's own energy...The study) demonstrates that a new coal plant proposed for San Antonio is unnecessary...measures save more energy than the proposed coal plant will generate, Bexar County Commissioner...

WPL vows to offset coal plant emissions; Environmental groups, regulators...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......including the shutdown of a small, old coal plant in Sheboygan -- would yield emissions...switchgrass that would be burned at its new coal plant, proposed to be built on the Mississippi...Alliant in Iowa to win approval for a new coal plant there. Iowa regulators endorsed the new...