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"Dirty, expensive, unnecessary" Mississippi coal plant taken to court

On Monday, February 14th, the Sierra Club took Mississippi Power’s proposed lignite coalmine and power plant to court, as part of its ongoing attempt to stop the project from being built.
 

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Feb 16 2011
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Crashing the Kemper Coal Groundbreaking

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