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How AP estimated power plant closures due to EPA

The Associated Press set out to determine which power plants in the U.S. would retire or be at risk of retirement because of two new air pollution regulations.

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How AP estimated power plant closures due to EPA

Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit

SEATTLE, Washington , November 3, 2009 – Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking the agency to object to an air pollution permit granted to TransAlta Corporation’s coal-burning power plant in Centralia, Washington, one of the largest suppliers of base load power in the Pacific … Photo: The TransAlta power plant in Centralia, Washington (Photo by Robert Ashworth )

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Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit