CLF denounces proposed Wiscasset power plant.

• Position: Maine - Conservation Law Foundation - Brief article

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CLF is CHALLENGING A PROPOSED 700 MW coal gasification power plant and 5,000 to 9,000 barrel per day coal-to-diesel refinery in Wiscasset, arguing that the Twin River Energy Center has dramatically understated the carbon footprint of the proposed plant.

Developers have erroneously portrayed the new coal technologies as "ultra clean", a claim that CLF Staff Attorney Steve Hinchman debunked last August.

"From a global warming perspective, this plant would be a giant step backward," said Hinchman. "Making diesel fuel from coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide pollution as petro-diesel. And on the electric power...