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Alert 674: “Tiny Virginia Town Approves Giant Coal-Fired Power Plant”


Delaware Electric Cooperative involved

Friends, yesterday we reported on a potential agreement to shut down a 177 megawatt coal generating unit in Delaware.  That’s good news.  But we have a much nastier piece of coal news that also needs reporting.

The little town of Dendron , Virginia, population 293, over fifty percent black, this week narrowly approved permits for a 1500 megawatt coal unit.  Many residents of the area are strongly opposed, not wanting their community to be poisoned by a coal burner.  Check the project promoters’ page to see how the community is being mislead and manipulated. Continue reading