Requests Surge for Power Plants Near U.S. Parks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 07, 2004
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WASHINGTON -- In the past four years, power companies have deluged regulators with applications to build power plants in locations that could affect air quality and visibility in national parks or wilderness areas, according to federal statistics compiled by the Natural Resources News Service, a nonpartisan organization.
Since 2000, the number of permits sought for plants within 62 miles of park boundaries has quadrupled compared with the previous five years, and 33 of the 280 proposed plants would be coal-fired. Both trends that have sparked concern among federal and state officials that the energy boom could harm already-reduced visibility.See the full content of this document
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Requests Surge for Power Plants Near U.S. Parks
Between 1995 and 1999, utilities built just 10 coal plants nationwide, none within that distance of a national park or wilderness.
The trend is particularly pronounced near some popular tourist meccas in ...See the full content of this document
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