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Shut down the old plants
It is ridiculous to say that preventing the construction of a new coal fired facility is a victory. This country needs to shut down old plants which would require the construction of new plants.
Or else we could have 2 out of 3 people report to the disintegration chambers to lower demand. If we could tax the emission carbon dioxide, in order to fund renewable, clean energy, then we could make real gains.
It is nice that everyone is concerned about the global climate. However, these older coal fired plants cause problems with the meso-scale climate in their vicinity that are not necessarily caused by carbon dioxide. They can be terrible contributors to acid rain, particulates and other pollutants that destroy people's health and damage the environment locally.On Sierra Club win shuts down 30 proposed coal plants at a stroke posted 1 year ago 14 Responses