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Where does the Drake coal emissions plume go when you’re not watching?
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- We’ve seen the mapping of areas most vulnerable to the toxic emissions of Drake, our downtown coal plant. In particular we’ve learned that freezing temperatures mean that emissions aren’t dispersed according to best laid plans but instead … Continue reading
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Tagged ARN, Broadmoor, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Downtown, Drake Power Plant, Ford, Health, Map, Mental Health, Pollution, toxic
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Will Act of God close Drake coal plant?
[FULL TEXT OF LETTER SUBMITTED TO CS INDEPENDENT MAY 14] Two years ago Colorado Springs lost 346 homes to the Waldo Canyon fire which precipitated floods expected to haunt the westside and Manitou for years to come. The next year … Continue reading
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Tagged America, ARN, BOA, children, climate, Climate Change, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Disease, doctor, Drake Power Plant, Energy, Environment, Fire, fires, floods, forest, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, God, Health, Heart disease, idiots, Investment, IRS, Latin, NPR, POW, power, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, TB, The West, Toxins, Tribute, utilities, Waldo, Waldo Canyon, Waldo Canyon Fire, Westside, Wildfire
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Springs Mayor Steve Bach’s downtown plans centered on real estate speculation and corruption
As I was listening this AM to Right Wing talk radio on 105.5 today, they had Colorado Springs mayor telling us in an interview that it was no secret that he wants a baseball stadium to be built downtown which … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, Banks, Baseball, baseball stadium, BOA, Bonds, Business, Campaign, CIA, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Corruption, Crow, Denver, Downtown, downtown revitalization, Drake Power Plant, economic downturn, economic recovery, El Paso, El Paso County, Homeless, Industry, Jobs, Lionel Rivera, mayor, Mayor Lionel Rivera, Mayor Steve Bach, Military, Mitt Romney, OAS, Panhandling, population, POW, power, Radio, RAW, Real Estate, real estate industry, reason, Republic, Republican, Republican Party, Right Wing, Rivera, Romney, Sprawl, Steve Bach, Talk Radio, Thinking, Waste, witch hunt, Zombie
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Downtown Drake coal plant is not an eyesore, it hurts your heart and lungs
COLORADO SPRINGS- A downtown businessman’s quip about scenic postcards being marred by the prominently located Martin Drake COAL Power Plant gave local news patsies leeway to ignore community health risk complaints about the coal-fired facility in favor of the aesthetic.
Posted in Local News
Tagged Business, City Council, Coal, Coal Power, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Downtown, Drake Power Plant, Fire, Headlines, Health, Local News, Pollution, POW, power
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CSU Martin Drake Coal Power Plant won’t need endless coal trains after all
COLORADO SPRINGS- Downtown merchants have asked the city to consider moving the Martin Drake Coal Power Plant to somewhere further afield, hopefully out of the fossil fuels racket entirely. Apparently that’s all it takes. Tomorrow CSU board president Scott Hente … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged BOA, Chants, Coal, Coal Power, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Downtown, Drake Power Plant, Fossil Fuels, Pollution, POW, power, President, Trains
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PICS: Colorado Springs coal plant poisons protesters who got too close
OCCUPIED COLORADO SPRINGS- We got up close to take pictures of the Drake coal-fired power plant. We wore gas masks without filters because the image was meant to be symbolic, but now we’re sick. Three hours, two days in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Drake Power Plant, Fire, Masks, Occupy, POW, power, Protest
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Close this poison cloud maker now!
OCCUPIED COLO. SPRINGS- Meet at Confluence Park on Friday 3PM. http://www.facebook.com/events/164143430357190/
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Tagged Coal, Colorado Springs, Confluence Park, Drake Power Plant, Environment, Facebook, NFL, Occupy, Pollution, Protest
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Colorado Springs Drake Power Plant
CLEAN COAL SPRINGS- Apparently it’s not the dirtiest coal-fired power plant in the country, defenders insist DRAKE is only half that dirty. That’s an interesting benchmark. Clean enough for horseshoes.
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Tagged ALF, Clean Coal, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Drake Power Plant, Fire, Interest, POW, power, shoe, Shoes
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Colorado Springs power plants not among world’s 200 dirtiest by much
Good news, Colorado Spring’s main power plant is not among the world’s 200 biggest carbon offender power plants. But our neighbors are. One quarter of the world’s dirtiest power plants (53) are in the US. All in red states, because … Continue reading
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Clean Coal Springs
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Tagged Clean Coal, Coal, Colorado Springs, Drake Power Plant, Environment
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Colorado Springs own cloud maker
Last week’s POWER SHIFT 09, where 12,000 student environmentalists converged on Washington, culminated with a protest of a DC power plant which still produced 40% of its electricity from coal. A threatened largest act of mass civil disobedience pushed Washington … Continue reading
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