Coal plant projects concern groups
Environmental issues raise state awareness

 
By Adam Wilmoth
Published: February 13, 2007

A plan to build up to 18 coal-fired power plants in north Texas has drawn opposition from Oklahoma groups worried about the environmental and economic effects on the state.

"We're concerned that their plan to build a significant amount of coal power plants would hurt the counties in southern Oklahoma that are close to nonattainment of federal ozone standards,” said Matthew Paque , an environmental attorney su...


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