This article was interesting, because it involved environmental restrictions stepping in to shut down coal burning boilers in one of the biggest coal burning plants in the United States. American Electric Power announced recently that they will have to switch to a different method and instead burn a safer and more environmental friendly gas. The plant would have been forced to shut down if the they decided not to change. On Wednesday the power plant said that it would close both of the coal burning furnaces at Big Sandy by 2015, but left open the possibility that one of the units would be remade to use natural gas. This power plant currently burns over 2.5 tons of coal each year. So far about 55 different power plants have announced they will be closing or changing over from coal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/energy-environment/aep-has-plan-to-close-kentuckys-big-sandy-power-plant.html?ref=science&_r=0
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