Aug. 9 - Environmental groups and NuCoastal Power announce precedent-setting agreement

A precedent-setting agreement announced today paves the way for the permitting of a 303-megawatt power plant in return for the plant owner’s commitment to offset 100 percent of the plant’s mercury and global warming emissions. The Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition, Public Citizen and the NuCoastal Power Corporation forged the agreement for the plant, which would burn petroleum coke as fuel and would be located at the site of the old Ennis Joslin power plant in Port Comfort, Texas.

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