Pollution From TransAlta Power Plant in Centralia, WA

An April 7, 2009 Seattle Times story details the unconscionably low pollution reduction targets arrived at by the Washington Dept. of Ecology and TransAlta in a recent closed-door mediation. Though it tends to be more efficient to cut the public and concerned local and federal officials out of an important decision-making process such as this, experience has shown time and time again that an open and transparent process yields a better and more environmentally-protective outcome.

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