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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Crappiness
Navajo nation at odds over coal-plant plan |
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27 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Crappiness Navajo nation at odds over coal-plant plan Members of the Navajo nation are at odds over a plan to build a $3 billion, 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant on reservation land in New Mexico. Tribal leaders say the plant -- whose juice would go to Las Vegas and Phoenix -- will generate $50 million in much-needed annual revenue and create ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, energy, environmental justice, New Mexico, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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Texas Fold 'Em
TXU Corp. board accepts biggest buyout offer in U.S. history |
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26 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Texas Fold 'Em TXU Corp. board accepts biggest buyout offer in U.S. history The white-hot controversy over 11 proposed coal plants in Texas has taken on a new hue. The board of TXU Corp., which has kicked up an anti-coal firestorm among businesses, politicians, and citizens, voted yesterday to accept the largest leveraged buyout offer in U.S. history -- and the $45 billion deal looks oddly g ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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The Texas Planet Massacre
Texas may approve 16 new coal-fired power plants |
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06 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Texas Planet Massacre Texas may approve 16 new coal-fired power plants The state of Texas, which spews more greenhouse gases than Canada or the U.K., is set to reduce its emissions. And by "reduce" we mean "massively increase." Texas may soon approve construction of 16 new coal-fired power plants. And not the fancy new "clean coal" kind, either -- the old-school dirty kind, which would ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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