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August 1, 2007

Nevada gov. not worried about three coal plants

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Jim Gibbons isn't joining U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in condemning three proposed coal-fired power plants in rural Nevada that would supply electricity to Las Vegas.

Although coal plants long have been criticized for the pollutants they spew into the air, the Republican governor said new technology “minimizes the production of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission.”


 
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