News & Events Archive
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December 10, 2008
ACCCE RESPONSE TO SIERRA CLUB’S CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON COAL IN ARKANSAS AND NEW AD CAMPAIGN
Little Rock – The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) issued the following statement from Joe Lucas, senior vice president of communications at ACCCE, on the heels of yesterday’s Sierra Club press conference and meeting with Governor Beebe calling for a moratorium on Southwestern Electric Power’s a new coal-based power plant in Hempstead County.
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November 30, 2007
SWEPCO to build $1.34 billion coal-fueled power plant
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) granted American Electric Power’s (NYSE: AEP) Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (CECPN) to construct a 600-megawatt coal-fueled power plant in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas.
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December 16, 2008
Legislation sought to aid clean-coal development
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is asking lawmakers to craft legislation that could lure clean-coal technology to the region.
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November 10, 2008
Coal Could Mean 293K MI Jobs by 2015
Coal's not a dirty word for Michigan, said Cullen West of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), pointing out that it means 293,000 jobs for Michigan by 2015. Michigan gets 60 percent of its energy from coal.
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January 04, 2009
Editorial: Michigan should follow Obama's lead, and get behind clean coal projects
President-elect Barack Obama recognizes that investing in new coal-based power plants and advanced technologies that will be retrofitted to existing power plants will create thousands upon thousands of jobs for American workers and help begin to rebuild our economy. Consumers Energy is ahead of the game. Its Karn-Weadock project will be one of only 25 advanced, supercritical, pulverized-coal plants in the world designed to operate more efficiently at higher temperatures and steam pressures.
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