Citizens Groups in Michigan mobilize against Coal

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5 new coal plants proposed for Michigan



http://www.nemcei.org/

We are citizens of Presque Isle County and neighboring areas. We see that the environmental risks here are not only for our children, but for many other peoples children, and the generations of children yet to come.

We seek to educate on the present and future effects of a coal burning power plant in Rogers City and beyond. We have great concern about public health risk stemming from the degradation of land, water, and air.

http://www.midlandcares.org/
This site contains a wealth of information about Renewable Energy Resources, Industry and Corporate Leaders promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, the extremely negative Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industries, and current issues facing Midland and Michigan.


http://www.mecprotects.org/pr10_10_07.htm

LANSING—Ten local, state, regional and national public interest groups today formally petitioned Michigan to begin regulating emissions of CO2 from coal-burning electric power plants. The petition is supported by this spring’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the federal government to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant because it contributes to global warming.

The groups also requested that the state declare a moratorium on building new plants or expanding existing ones until the new rules are in place. Coal-burning power plants collectively are the nation’s largest emitters of CO2.

The request was filed with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on the eve of what, if unchecked, could become a massive, unprecedented “coal rush” in Michigan. In the past year, a number of in-state and out-of-state energy companies announced proposals for at least five new coal-powered plants in the state—in Rogers City, Midland, Alma, Bay City, and Manistee.