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A Coal-Free Washington is Possible

More than 20% of our Electricity in Washington comes from Coal.

Coal is our nation’s dirtiest energy souce. But few Washingtonians realize that the TransAlta coal plan in Centralia bruns roughly 4 million tons of coal each year.

TransAlta coal plant is the largest single source of pollution in Washington.

Toxic pollution from coal plants contributes to heart and ling disease, cancer, stroke and premature death.

The TransAlta coal plant is Washington’s biggest polluter of toxic mercury. Mercury pollutes the water we drink, the fish we eat, and is especially dangerous to children and womena who are pregnant or may become pregnant.

Dirty coal can be replaced with clean energy solutions that will reduce pollution and protect our health.

Jackson Shuffling Of Key EPA Civil Rights Office Staff Sparks Criticism (reprinted with permission from Inside Washington Publishers)

This article originally appeared in Inside EPA Weekly Report on December 4, 2009. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2009. No further distribution is permitted. Click here to view article (pdf format): Jackson Shuffling Of Key EPA Civil Rights Office Staff Sparks Criticism

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