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Green Groups Doing a 'Face Plant'
Two coal plants given go-ahead by green groups after concessions negotiated |
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07 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:00 AM on 07 Aug 2008 Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions designed to limit the environmental impacts of the plants. In Texas, power company NRG reached an agreement with Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and the Environment ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, climate, coal, Environmental Defense Fund, news, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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Fund for the Whole Family
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20 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Fund for the Whole Family To help fund its operations, the Sierra Club may start a mutual fund to invest in companies that pass a strict green test. The group's executive director, Carl Pope, said the fund would use a tougher investment screen than most other mutual funds marketed as being environmentally responsible. The fund would be managed by an outside firm and pay royalties to the club for the use of its name and ... |
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| Topics: business, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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