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Martin Lake 4 was planned to be built alongside three existing units in Tatum, Texas.<ref>[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/downloads/power_plants_emissions_data.pdf Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants], Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.</ref> | Martin Lake 4 was planned to be built alongside three existing units in Tatum, Texas.<ref>[http://www.stopthecoalplant.org/downloads/power_plants_emissions_data.pdf Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants], Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.</ref> | ||
| − | As part of a $45 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms, TXU – now named Luminant – settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council. In an agreement announced on Feb. 26, 2007, TXU agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal-fired power plants as well as several new coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap-and-trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency. In return, Environmental Defense and NRDC agreed not to campaign against TXU’s remaining three Texas coal-fired plants.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/business/26coal.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green], ''New York Times'', February 26, 2007.</ref> | + | As part of a $45 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms, TXU – now named Luminant – settled a series of lawsuits with [[Environmental Defense]] and the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]]. In an agreement announced on Feb. 26, 2007, TXU agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal-fired power plants as well as several new coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap-and-trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency. In return, Environmental Defense and NRDC agreed not to campaign against TXU’s remaining three Texas coal-fired plants.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/business/26coal.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green], ''New York Times'', February 26, 2007.</ref> |
Martin Lake 4 was one of the 8 Texas plants that were cancelled under this agreement. | Martin Lake 4 was one of the 8 Texas plants that were cancelled under this agreement. | ||
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*[http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org | *[http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition], Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org | ||
*[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org | *[http://www.citizen.org/texas/Dereg/coalplants/ Texas Public Citizen], jcarraway [at] citizen.org | ||
| + | *[[Environmental Defense]] | ||
| + | *[[Natural Resources Defense Council]] | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 16 April 2008
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Martin Lake 4 was planned to be built alongside three existing units in Tatum, Texas.[1]
As part of a $45 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms, TXU – now named Luminant – settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council. In an agreement announced on Feb. 26, 2007, TXU agreed to cancel 8 of its planned 11 new Texas coal-fired power plants as well as several new coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania and Virginia, back federal legislation to create a cap-and-trade system regulating CO2 emissions, and double spending on energy efficiency. In return, Environmental Defense and NRDC agreed not to campaign against TXU’s remaining three Texas coal-fired plants.[2]
Martin Lake 4 was one of the 8 Texas plants that were cancelled under this agreement.
Contents
Project Details
Sponsor: Luminant (formerly TXU)
Location: Tatum, Rusk County, TX
Capacity: 858 MW
Status: Cancelled (2/07)
Financing
Citizen Groups
- Stop the Coal Plant
- Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition, Karen Hadden, karen [at] seedcoalition.org
- Texas Public Citizen, jcarraway [at] citizen.org
- Environmental Defense
- Natural Resources Defense Council
Resources
References
- ↑ Emissions from Recently Permitted and Proposed Coal Burning Power Plants, Stop the Coal Plant website, August 7, 2007.
- ↑ A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green, New York Times, February 26, 2007.
Related SourceWatch Articles
External Links
- "Tracking New Coal-Fired Power Plants ", National Energy Technology Lab, May 2007, page 18. (PDF)
- "Stopping the Coal Rush", Sierra Club, accessed January 2008. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)
- Luminant website
