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In January, 2007, A resolution calling for a 180-day moratorium on new pulverized coal plants was filed in the Texas Legislature on Wednesday by State Rep. Charles "Doc" Anderson (R-Waco) as House Concurrent Resolution 43.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HC00043I.pdf Text of HCR 43]</ref> The resolution was left pending in committee.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HCR43 Legislative history of HCR 43]</ref> On December 4, 2007, Rep. Anderson announced his support for two proposed integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal plants proposed by Luminent (formerly TXU).<ref>[http://www.docandersonfortexas.com/news.htm Rep. Anderson press release], December 4, 2007.</ref>
==Rising Tide moratorium hoax==
In December, 2007, climate activists with the Rising Tide network sought to embarrass the corporate-backed U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), by distributing a spoof press release declaring that the consortium’s members had committed more aggressive goals than actually supported by USCAP, including an immediate moratorium on the construction of all new coal-fired power plants.
The fake press release was picked up by several media outlets, including the Dallas Morning News, UK Hemscott and several blogs. Rising Tide used the phony website www.climateactionpartnership.org to distribute the release, which mimicked USCAP’s site, www.us-cap.org. The hoax was timed to coincide with the opening of a major United Nations climate summit in Bali in an effort to expose the disproportionate influence of large corporations on the climate negotiations and the lack of initiative from corporations on reducing fossil fuel use.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/292jj2 "International Hoax Targets US Business Consortium Amidst Bali Climate Negotiations"] Rising Tide North America Press Release, December 3, 2007.</ref>
==Groups supporting a coal moratorium==
* [http://ran.org/what_we_do/global_finance/spotlight/coal_is_over/ Rainforest Action Network]
* [http://kansas.sierraclub.org/Wind/Coal%20Moratorium.htm Kansas Sierra Club]
