Click on the photo above for more of what a coal plant might do to the air quality (and scenic value) of our state. This plant is in Charleston, West Virginia.
Posted by Coastal Conservation League at 6:23 PM
Clean energy - efficiency and renewables - should be
Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state public service authority, wants to build a 1320 MW coal plant on the banks of the
It's the wrong choice for our state. The effects of coal emissions are clear: sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides drive acid rain and smog; soot, or fine particles, are a precursor for asthma and heart attacks; mercury poisons wildlife and imperils human life, and carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global warming. A new coal plant puts our environment, health, and economy at risk.
Insist on clean energy for South Carolina!
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1 comment:
Just so you know, the particular gases this picture is focused on is just water vapor (aka steam), hence the formation of a cloud. Now if you were to focus the picture on the two smaller "smoke stacks" to the right of the large cooling tower, that is where a small amount of pollutant comes from. Get your facts straight.
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