Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Victory In Texas - Who Knew?


Environmental Defense helped negotiate an aggressive environmental platform that will, among other things:

- Terminate plans for the construction of 8 of 11 coal-fired power plants TXU had hoped to build;
- Stop TXU's plans to expand coal operations in other states;
- Endorse the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) platform, including the call for a mandatory federal cap on carbon emissions; and
- Reduce the company's carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

Here's the story in The New York Times.

This is a huge victory for the environmental community. It sends a clear message about the undeniable momentum in calling for federal global warming legislation.

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