Beating the Coal Rush: Coal Plants Dropping like Flies, with 16 Down since May! via It's Getting Hot In Here
So we all know about the coal rush and we saw the over the top ads in the New York Times and the New Yorker, right? Well, everyone was focused on the 151 coal plants that were going to be built in this country and how they were going to lock us into dirty energy sources for the next generation. We got out and organized, fought back, hit hard…and are winning. The plans to build 16 coal plants have been scrapped since May, with dozens of other projects being delayed. In fact, only 121 coal projects are still considered ‘viable’ and 76 ‘uncertain’ of whether they will be built. In a first, Kansas rejected a coal plant due to its role in contributing to Global Warming. Emboldened by Massachusetts vs. EPA, their top regulator acted, even though Kansas does not...