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==Resources and articles==
=== '''U.S. MOVING TOWARD BAN ON NEW COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS''' ===
Lester R. Brown
In a report compiled in early 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being contested in the courts, and the remaining plants will likely be challenged as they reach the permitting stage....
To read the rest of this article and to view a supporting dataset, please visit Earth Policy Institute at:
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update70.htm
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"Since the publication of ''Silent Spring'' and the birth of the modern environmental movement, the environmental community has worked hard to arrest the deterioration of the Earth’s health. Many battles have been won, but we are losing the war. The Earth’s capacity to support the economy continues to deteriorate. The gap between what we need to do to arrest the deterioration of the Earth and what we are doing continues to widen." <ref>[http://www.earth-policy.org/About/index.htm About], Earth Policy Institute, accessed November 28, 2007.</ref>
==Resources and articles==
=== '''U.S. MOVING TOWARD BAN ON NEW COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS''' ===
Lester R. Brown
In a report compiled in early 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being contested in the courts, and the remaining plants will likely be challenged as they reach the permitting stage....
To read the rest of this article and to view a supporting dataset, please visit Earth Policy Institute at:
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update70.htm
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