A Washington State panel has rejected plans for a 793-megawatt plant in Kalama, Cowlitz County, that would be fueled by coal or oil-refinery waste.
The coal plant was rejected on the grounds that it did not meet the State's new law that any new power plant must limit the amount of its global warming emissions to that of a highly efficient natural gas plant.
If a plant emits more than that, then it has to capture and sequester the extra emissions permanently.
Links:
[1] http://sustainablog.org/2007/12/03/washington-rejects-coal-plants-plan-to-make-a-plan/
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[6] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/2485
[7] http://www.desmogblog.com/washington-state-rejects-coal-plant-over-global-warming-concerns