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Sierra Club Response to Omaha Public Power District North Omaha Plant Extension Announcement
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Eight years after committing to the retirement of the coal-fired power generation at
In response, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Organizing Representative
"A three-year delay - or more - is unacceptable. The
"Three more years of soot, smog, mercury and other toxins. And three more years of climate impacts which will only strain energy and social systems more as extreme weather and climate degradation worsen.
"OPPD announced the retirement of
"OPPD needs to make a full accounting of the impacts to human health and the environment and plan for a transition that mitigates those impacts and improves on the commitments that they have failed to keep.
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Original text here: https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2022/06/sierra-club-response-oppd-north-omaha-plant-extension-announcement
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