Citing public health concerns, the Nevada chapter of the SEIU, the union that represents 17,500 nurses, technicians and county employees - including those of the Clark County air quality agency - today announced its opposition to construction of new coal-fired power plants.
"It's extremely well documented, the detrimental effects of coal plants," said Shauna Hamel, a nurse at St. Rose Dominican Hospital and an SUIU member, said at a news conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas.
Representatives of the Nevada chapters of the League of Women Voters and the American Institute of Architects joined SEIU in its opposition to coal-fired power.
Hamel said the SEIU's executive board passed a resolution in December opposing three large, coal-fired power plants proposed in northeast and Southern Nevada because they will "likely pose a health risk to Nevada's citizens."
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Coal Power Plants Opposed
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By Phoebe Sweet
Las Vegas Sun, January 17, 2008
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