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Clean Power Lake County Coalition Statement on NRG Decision to Continue Burning Coal at Waukegan Coal Plant

Local coalition urges responsible transition away from coal to local clean energy development

WAUKEGAN, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. Today, New Jersey-based NRG Energy announced it would continue to burn coal with interim pollution controls at the 60-year-old Waukegan coal plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.

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“”Every family has the right to breathe clean air,” said Waukegan mother Dulce Ortiz. “NRG’S decision to continue burning coal on the Waukegan lakefront saddles our community with many more years…

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