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Senator To Protest Carbon Rule At A Plant Whose CEO Supports Regulating Carbon (Click here to read more)

By Emily Atkin
June 9, 2014 at 12:05 pm Updated: June 9, 2014 at 12:10 pm
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Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is scheduled to hold an event at her state's biggest coal-fired power plant on Monday, in a move designed to highlight her opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed limits on carbon pollution from coal plants.
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Problem is, the coal plant she's highlighting - the Big Cajun 2 power plant in New Roads, La. - is one of the nation's dirtiest, most known for being the subject a high-profile U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over its toxic emissions. What's more, the CEO of the company that owns the plant recently said he believes that EPA should be regulating carbon pollution from coal plants, perplexing some as to why she chose to put a spotlight on that plant.
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"It's really weird that she would choose one of the largest polluters in the nation to highlight her opposition to these protections," said, Jenna Garland, deputy press secretary at the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign. "Based on the CEO's public statements, I'm not too sure he's going to be happy about this."