A northwest Indiana utility made headlines in September when it announced it will retire its last coal plant within a decade.
That’s not soon enough for the predominately African American community that bears the brunt of the plant’s pollution burden.
NIPSCO’s new timeline for coal retirements has been widely celebrated by environmental groups both in and outside the state. Meanwhile, Indiana NAACP leaders continue to press the utility and regulators to act with greater urgency.
“Those most impacted should not have to wait another decade for clean air,” said La’Tonya Troutman, environmental chair for the NAACP chapter in Michigan City, where NIPSCO plans to continue operating its coal plant through 2028.And, of course, when they close that coal plant, along with all the others, their monthly electricity bill will go up. And they will be looking for new jobs.
In the "old days," it was my impression that the NAACP fought for jobs for their constituents. Maybe I was wrong.
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Connecting The Dots
Folks are finally connecting the dots between racial bias in medicine (affecting African-Americans); blackface; and events unfolding in Virginia. I talked about that a few days ago. Wow.
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Global Warming
I've talked several times about 1,500 jets to Davos for an AGW conference.
Now we hear that the Pelosi Dems will advocate banning all air travel within ten years! Occasional-Cortex will not be placed on the Pelosi US House select committee on AGW.
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