Anti-coal activists in Boulder, Colorado are working to have the last coal-fired boiler in town shut down.
Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) owns 186-megawatts unit and says it is the most efficient boiler that the company owns in the state. Nonetheless, opposition to the plant is building, as residents in the progressive-minded city raise concerns about climate change, air pollutants and the city’s greenhouse gas reduction goals.
"I feel as though the whole movement to go beyond coal has taken a giant leap forward in the last six months," Micah Parkin, who leads Boulder’s Beyond Coal Coalition, told The Daily Camera. "Several things are all culminating to shake people up, to make people realize that something has got to be done."
Opponents of the plant have decided to go after its air permit, a strategy that is now being pursued in other locations around the country. Carbon dioxide is not regulated under the Clean Air Act, but last November, EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board ruled that the agency must consider carbon dioxide when issuing air permits.
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