{"id":77,"date":"2009-09-30T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texasenergyexchange\/?p=77"},"modified":"2011-03-30T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:29:32","slug":"no-need-for-new-conventional-coal-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2009\/09\/30\/no-need-for-new-conventional-coal-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"No Need for New Conventional Coal Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JimA New York Times Green Inc. article yesterday\u00a0—\u00a0“Big Utilities Pull Back on Coal Plant Plans<\/a>”\u00a0— stated that many Southwest utilities were shifting away from coal-generated power and moving toward renewables and energy efficiency. Many plants that were planned are now canceled or on hold.<\/p>\n

So my question for all Texans is, “Why would we foolishly try to build even one more conventional coal plant?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New York Times Green Inc. article yesterday\u00a0—\u00a0“Big Utilities Pull Back on Coal Plant Plans”\u00a0— stated that many Southwest utilities were shifting away from coal-generated power and moving toward renewables and energy efficiency. Many plants that were planned are now canceled or on hold. So my question for all Texans is, “Why would we foolishly …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,181],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-texas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNo Need for New Conventional Coal Plants - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2009\/09\/30\/no-need-for-new-conventional-coal-plants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Need for New Conventional Coal Plants - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A New York Times Green Inc. article yesterday\u00a0—\u00a0“Big Utilities Pull Back on Coal Plant Plans”\u00a0— stated that many Southwest utilities were shifting away from coal-generated power and moving toward renewables and energy efficiency. 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