Dec. 14, 2007: A Season to Fight CoalMedia Clip
Posted December 14th, 2007 by ElenaVelkov
The Capital Times highlights the work of Bruce Nilles of the Sierra Club. The Capital Times In the last four years, local Sierra Club attorney Bruce Nilles has stopped 58 coal-fired plants from being built in the United States. As a result of his work, energy companies have abandoned their plans, fearing going through the permitting process of getting a new coal plant built. Nilles, 39, director of the organization's National Coal Campaign, has stopped plants in Kansas, Illinois, Florida, Texas and Nevada. He also had a hand in last month's settlement where the state of Wisconsin agreed not only to clean up UW-Madison's coal-fired Charter Street power plant but also to examine and possibly improve the operation of 13 other coal-burning plants it manages across the state. He is in the process of fighting 54 more coal-burning plants in America. In the last two weeks alone Nilles has beaten back four plants. |
