Friday, July 27, 2007
News The dirty South's dirty air
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Statistics released yesterday show that Georgia is home to the nation's dirtiest power plant, Monroe County's Plant Scherer. We've also got No. 3, Plant Bowen in Bartow County.
The nation's second-dirtiest power plant is right next door, in Alabama. And all three are operated by Southern Co.
According to one estimate, the nation's 50 dirtiest power plants account for only 14 percent of our electricity-generating facilities, yet are responsible for 40 percent of the nation's power-plant pollution.
Perhaps I have Southern Co.'s political influence to thank for my persistent summer cough. Those greenhouse gases are far more treacherous in the warmer months, you know.
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