Victory! Chicago Coal Plants to Shut Down
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Victory! Chicago Coal Plants to Shut Down
After more than a decade of advocacy by ELPC and our many allies in the Chicago Clean Power Coalition, two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation will close. The Fisk plant in Pilsen will shut down later this year and the Crawford plant in Little Village will shut down in 2014.
For more than 10 years, ELPC has provided the legal counsel to the effort to shut down these damaging plants. This effort has included active participation in the Chicago Clean Power Coalition, a ground-breaking grassroots campaign to make Chicago coal-free.
For more information, please see the Chicago Clean Power Coalition Press Release, some victory celebration photos on our Flickr page, and media coverage from:
- Associated Press: Deal to Shut Chicago’s 2 Coal-Fired Plants Reached
- Crain’s Chicago Business: City’s Last 2 Coal-Fired Power Plants to Close; Waukegan Could Be Next
- Chicago Tribune: 2 Coal-Burning Plants to Power Down Early
- ABC7 Chicago: Chicago’s 2 Coal-Fired Plants to Close
- Chicago Sun-Times: Editorial – Credit Grass-Roots Effort for Victory Over Pollution
- NBC5 Chicago: Residents Rejoice Closure of Fisk, Crawford Coal Plants
Also, you can listen to a podcast of our March 2nd webinar here.
Tags: Chicago, Chicago Clean Power Coalition, Clean air, Coal, Crawford, Fisk, Little Village, Pilsen, Repowering the Midwest
Rather than scrap those two coal-fired power plants, putting hundreds of people out of work, there is an alternative to consider… conversion to hydrogen-fired steam generation.
The process can proceed in parallel to current operations, allowing for a seamless transition to clean, green hydrogen fuel within six-months… allowing an even earlier termination of coal-fired operations.
Representing the only renewable energy storage and retrieval system on earth, hydrogen-fired steam generation can be integrated into a long-range renewable energy plan for Chicago, and indeed the planet.