After a recent controversy over the state of Alabama’s regulation of utility rates in comparison to how Georgia handles it, and the distortion of that story by a Republican PR group blaming the Southern Environmental Law Center and other so-called “radical environmentalists” for “killing jobs” in Georgia because of the closure of 14 coal-fired power plant units due to state and federal laws and regulations, Gil Rogers of the SELC responded to our direct questioning on the subject. Watch the video to see Glynn Wilson’s questioning and what Rogers said.
For more background on the story, see this column about it.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star And Other Fairy Tales in the News
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Does this guy look like a “radical environmentalist?”
It has also come to my attention that most of the coal burned in Alabama Power’s coal-fired power plants does NOT come from Alabama coal mines. According to an Alabama Power spokesperson, most of it comes from Wyoming, Colombia and some from Appalachia. So even if the Public Service Commission were to actually do its job – and if federal environmental standards required the closure of some old, dirty power units in the state – it would not result in a loss of jobs for Alabama coal miners. Most of Alabama’s coal is exported to developing countries, mostly China.