A bill introduced by Republican Rep. Carl Gullick of Lake Wylie would ban coal-fired plants operated by state utilities from using coal from mountaintop mining.In February, state health officials agreed to issue air quality permits to let state-owned utility Santee Cooper build two coal-fired generators at a Florence County site. The Southern Environmental Law Center has asked a special court to require the Department of Health and Environmental Control to reconsider that decision.
The Sierra Club says about half of South Carolina’s coal comes from mountaintop removal.
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The editors of the Greenville News thinks it matters. They editorialized on the bill today. Read the editorial here.
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