coal-fired power

Coal opponents outnumber proponents at Seattle hearing

Bellamy Pailthorp — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:24:24 +0000

It was one of the biggest outpourings of environmental activism that Seattle has seen since the WTO protests more than a decade ago.

Let's turn carbon emissions into something useful

Dave Meyer and Mark Anderson — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The average coal-fired power plant spews out more than a million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year.

Wouldn't it be great if that greenhouse gas could be put to good use?

On this month's edition of The Digital Future, Strategic News Service Publisher Mark Anderson tells KPLU's Dave Meyer that all that carbon could be used to make fuel, chemicals and other products.

Northwest's largest coal-fired plant to shut down by 2025

Austin Jenkins — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:12:27 +0000

It's 14 years off in the future. But a compromise deal will shut down the Northwest's largest coal-fired power plant near Centralia. Legislation is headed to the governor's desk following a vote Thursday in the Washington senate.