A big win for the witch city.

• Position: Massachusetts

There's more than one haunting presence in the historic old city of Salem, but only PG&E's notorious coal-burning power plant is a threat to the health of its residents. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, 110 premature deaths annually are attributable to plant emissions.

Not for long, though.

The state had ordered PG&E to clean up the emissions by 2004, either by changing to cleaner fuels or by installing pollution control devices. PG&E requested a two-year delay, but in February--after a coalition, long represented in court by CLF, demanded prompt implementation--Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney denied the request.

CLF staff attorney Toni Hicks said, "This is the right thing to do. A...