Coal-Free by 2025
Environmentalists want to shut down the TransAlta coal-powered plant near Centralia - labor organizations want to prevent the negative impacts that such a plant closure would have on jobs and the already grim economic climate in Lewis County. As it turns out, each faction will get what it wants.
Behold the strange new alliance. You’ve got the environmentalists who want to shut down the TransAlta coal-powered plant near Centralia. And then there are the labor organizations that want to prevent the negative impacts that such a plant closure would have on jobs and the already grim economic climate in Lewis County. As it turns out, each faction will get what it wants. This happened because they were willing to talk with each other, and with Gov. Chris Gregoire, to strike a compromise. As a result, it’s virtually impossible to determine a winner and a loser in this deal.
