
Photo Credit: PhotoDisc, 1996
Burning Coal = CRUD!
*Costly
*Risky
*Unhealthy
*Dirty
Study Links 700 deaths per year to coal-fired plants in Maryland
SME's true plans revealed
A Power Plant in Search of a Market
Coal combustion: Nuclear resource or Danger?
Living near a coal fired power plant exposes you to higher radiation dosages than if you lived next to a nuclear power plant!
Another paper on radiation releases from mining and burning coal
Link to EPA fact sheet on Radionuclides
New coal generation would forestall investments in cleaner resources such as renewable energy and energy efficiency.
New coal plants bury Kyoto
EPA-Clean Air Act