Washington Sierra Club celebrates Earth Day: shut Centralia coal plant
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by crowley in Blog, General
A story in the Sunday April 25th Columbian newspaper highlighted efforts by the Washington State chapter of the Sierra Club to close the Centralia coal-burning power plant. A link to the full story is here.
The story begins: “The Sierra Club brought its “Beyond Coal” campaign to Vancouver last week on the eve of Earth Day, urging an audience of 60 to pressure Gov. Chris Gregoire to close the state’s only coal-fired plant sooner rather than later.
“As a first step, Doug Howell, who directs the club’s Coal-Free Washington Campaign, asked members of the audience to write to the governor and ask her to set a time and place for public hearings she had promised 11 months ago on the future of the Centralia plant…”
Nationally, the Sierra Club has made reducing emissions from coal fired power plants a focus of their efforts. According to the American Wind Energy Association, generating electricity from fossil fuels creates 6 billion tons of CO2 per year. A study suggests that number will rise to 6.75 billion tons per year by 2030.
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