March 18, 2008: Anti-coal Coalition Urging Granholm to Reject New Power PlantsMedia Clip
Posted March 18th, 2008 by ElenaVelkov
Michigan's Clean Energy Now urged Governor Jennifer Granholm to make an executive order against new coal plants. Bay City Times Over concerns of global warming, a coalition of state environmental and watchdog groups is urging Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm to reject applications to build new coal-fired power plants in Bay County and elsewhere in Michigan. The coalition, Clean Energy Now, was to announce an online petition drive today at press conferences in Bay County and six other locations throughout the state. The campaign aims to urge Granholm to invoke her authority under a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling and direct the state Department of Environmental Quality to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired plants as a greenhouse gas pollutant. |
