Government Report: New Coal Plants Not Needed

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Wednesday April 01, 2009 · 11:58 AM PDT

2009/04/01 · 11:58

The government found no need for scores of new coal plants currently on the drawing board, according to the Annual Energy Outlook report issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) today. The outlook found a need for just two new coal plants between 2013 and 2025—and that is without accounting for expected new investments in efficiency and renewables, which should eliminate the need for new coal plants. The government’s findings are a far cry from the coal industry’s propaganda that dozens of new plants are absolutely essential.

"The data clearly shows that we don’t need to be investing billions in dirty new coal plants," said Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign. "In fact the data indicates that if we invest in clean energy, we can begin the process of retiring the oldest and dirtiest coal plants that are the most harmful to our health."

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Tuesday March 31, 2009 · 9:21 AM PDT

2009/03/31 · 09:21

Today in Congress, the House Energy & Commerce Committee unveiled the initial draft of a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill. The Sierra Club supports the draft bill, and sees it as a very important development for the United States.

Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director, stated that:

"The Waxman-Markey draft bill is a strong start and is a testament to their decades of leadership on clean energy and other environmental issues. We look forward to working with them and other members of the Energy & Commerce Committee in order to flesh out the remaining details and move the strongest possible bill to the House floor.

Passing a comprehensive clean energy bill that holds polluters accountable for their global warming pollution will fuel innovation, revitalize our economy with millions of new green jobs, and move America toward energy independence. This bill combines the right mix of policies and the long-term vision necessary to build the green economy that will pull us out of the current economic crisis."

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