T.P.O.W.E.R. Media Coverage

• Coal War, Part Deux The Texas Observer 12/02/05
• The Coal War The Texas Observer 11/04/05

Media Clips:

• Editorial: Need strict mercury limits
  Waco Tribune Herald 9/05/07
• Co-op agrees to buy power from Riesel coal-fired plant
  Waco Tribune Herald 9/05/07
• Big Coal's Dirty Move
  Rolling Stone Magazine 01/12/07
• Coal Hard Facts
  Texas Monthly Magazine 01/07
• TCEQ approves air permit for proposed Riesel power plant
  Waco Tribune Herald 5/18/06
• Lead way on coal standards
  Waco Tribune Herald Editorial 1/13/06
• Texas competes for $1 billion zero-emission coal plant
  Fort Worth Star-Tribune 1/12/06
• Seeking a cleaner coal
  Austin American Statesman Editorial 12/14/05
• Study links mercury from power plants to autism
  Houston Chronicle 3/17/05
• Wear respirator; Report raises more questions about Texas pollution
  Waco Tribune Editorial 1/24/05
• Don't make our air like our water
  Charles Reed letter to Waco Tribune 8/21/04
  
• Doctor speaks out about health risks ET lakes, fish pose
  The Lufkin Daily News 4/19/04
• Power or Pollution?
  KCEN-TV...NBC 6 3-5/2004
• Plant might hinder clean-air efforts
  Fort Worth Star Telegram 3/02/04
• Clean or not, power plant would still bring mercury
  Robert L. Cervenka, Guest Column - Waco Tribune 2/6/04
• Mercury Threat To Fetus Raised; EPA Revises Risk Estimates
  Washington Post 2/6/04

Citizen Action

• Instructions for Contacting Your Elected Officials Address information for elected officials.
• Tips on Writing Members of Congress
• How to ask for a contested case hearing
• Sample contested case hearing request letter

Reports and Resources

• Why is Your Electric Co-op Paying Money for a New Coal-Fired Power Plant Instead of Investing in Ways to Save You Money? TPOWER brochure (Adobe pdf file)
• Allowable Particulate Pollution from the Riesel Power Plant has Increased! Courtesy of Public Citizen 5/1/05
• The Proposed Plant in Riesel Will Emit More Pollution than a Similar Plant in San Antonio Courtesy of Public Citizen 5/1/05
• Public Participation Has Reduced Emissions Levels at Proposed Riesel Power Plant… but Serious Concerns Remain Courtesy of Public Citizen 5/1/05
• Healthy Air: Texas Should Reduce Toxic Mercury Courtesy of SEED Coalition 3/05 (Adobe pdf file)
• 5 of the 10 Worst Mercury Polluting Power Plants in Texas (Adobe pdf file)
• Power Plant Impacts Texas (Adobe pdf file)
• State Policies of the Texas Farm Bureau, 2005
  - statement regarding new coal-burning power plants
• Report of Committee on Maternal and Perinatal Health
  Texas Medical Association Consensus Statement on Methylmercury and Public Health
• Fact sheet for the proposed Riesel Power Plant
• Senator Kip Averitt's Request for a public meeting
• Request for Reconsideration or Contested Case Hearings; Public Comment Process (Adobe pdf file)
• Dirty Air, Dirty Power Report by Clear The Air 6/04 (Adobe pdf file)
• Local Impacts of Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants Report by Clean Air Task Force, March 2003
• Health Effects of Power Plant Pollutants Table from the Dirty Air, Dirty Power Report by Clear The Air
• Texas Mercury Advisories and Bans
• Brain Food: What Women Should Know About Mercury In Fish
• Texas Dirty Power Plants Report by Clean The Air (Adobe pdf format)
• Texas' Coal Burning Power Plants (image)
• Layer 1 Big Brown Station graphics

Links:

• Dirty Power
  Clear The Air, National Campaign Against Dirty Power web site
• Fishing For Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Fish in U.S. Waterways
  Clear the Air web site
• SEED Coalition
  Mercury Pollution Section resources.
• Clean Air Markets Program
  Environmental Protection Agency
• Acid Rain
  Clean Air Markets - Environmental Issues -EPA
• Image describing process causing acid rain
  Source:EPA
• How Coal Works
  Union of Concerned Scientists

Press Releases:

• Electric Coop Members urged to Unplug Deal to Buy Dirty Coal Power P/R 9/04/07 (Adobe pdf file)
• Brazos Electric Comments on Agreement to buy Sandy Creek Coal Power 9/04/07 (Adobe pdf file)
• Dynegy Announces Completion of Project Financing for Sandy Creek 8/30/07 (Adobe pdf file)
• Letter to Senator Kip Averitt 1/31/05
• Letter to Representative Charles "Doc" Anderson 1/31/05
• Letter to Representative Jim Dunham 1/31/05
• 5 of 10 Worst Mercury Polluting Coal Plants are in Texas
  Press Release 10/27/04
• New Study Links Power Plant Pollution to More Than 1160 Premature Deaths in Texas Each Year
  Press Release 6/9/04
• Citizens Organize to Stop Proposed Riesel Coal Plant
  Press Release 3/18/04
• Citizens Organize to Stop Riesel Coal Plant 3/18 Conference
  Media Advisory 3/17/04
• Letter to Mr. Glenn Shankle, Executive Director, TCEQ
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 3/4/04