From November to April, hundreds of manatees huddle in the warm discharge canal of one of Florida’s biggest coal-fired plants, the Big Bend Power Station near Tampa, as camera-toting families point and laugh from a viewing deck at the gentle creatures lolling near the smokestacks.
Some two-thirds of Florida’s endangered manatees rely on discharge waters from power plants for winter warmth, according to federal biologists.
It’s a fact that congressional Republicans are seizing on to challenge the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s agenda to fight climate change, a plan to slash carbon emissions that could force large-scale closures of coal plants.My hunch: this is a human interest story that has no legs. The manatees will be thrown under the bus.
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I think they should shut down that coal burning plant AS soon as they have placed 115 or 20 2 Megawatt wind towers on near by property to generate electricity to Warm the water for the Manatees . The renewable energy is Renewable and the manatees are a good tourist attraction, causing tens of thousands of people to drive their electric cars to see they creatures.. The local Business and resident will Gladly pay the huge cost increase, just tack it on their elec bill.. don
ReplyDeleteHopefully they place the wind turbines on the estate of George Soros' McMansion which must be located somewhere in the area.
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