The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved air permits for an expansion of Limestone County's existing coal plant. The expansion at the Jewett plant will increase the output of the plant an additional 800 megawatts of electricity.
So here we are again at the impasse and moving backwards. We hear Slick Rick Perry telling us all the time how Texas leads in wind power. And that is true. What is also an inconvenient truth, is that we lead in greenhouse gas emmissions, due in part to 17 coal fired plants. And contrary to whatever Climategate bullshit there is out there, greenhouse gases exist and are detrimental to the health of human beings, and harm the environment. That is why we can't breathe here in Denton County as it is. Ask your neighbors in DFW how many problems they have with "allergies" or migraine headaches. And those are just the small issues.
As President Obama wheels and deals in Copenhagen, back here at home is where it matters. Our politicians and regulators need to grow a set and move forward on alternative sources of energy like wind and solar power. Hell, we'll even settle for nuclear, if it is pronounced properly.
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