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EPA Rules That Coal Plants Must Limit CO2 Emissions

In a major victory for the Sierra Club, the EPA Environmental Appeals Board ruled on November 13 that the agency has no valid reason for refusing to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-fired power plants. Coal plans emit 30 percent of the nation's global warming pollution.

The Sierra Club went before the appeals board in May of this year to request that the air permit for Deseret Power Electric Cooperative's proposed Bonanza coal-fired plant in Utah, which would have emitted 3.37 million tons of CO2 each year, be overturned. Read the full story.

Coal Plant Rejected, Wisconsin Chapter Celebrates

On Tuesday the announcement came down that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission unanimously denied the certificate of need for Alliant Energy's Cassville coal-fired power plant.

We mentioned the Wisconsin chapter's hard work here on Scrapbook in October, and we're all thrilled to hear of this decision. Read more.

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