Montana Fight Against Coal Draws Diverse Partners

Thursday, October 25th, 2007
posted by JR

New York Times - Saturday October 20th, 2007 

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Richard D. Liebert turned his back against a hard wind the other day, adjusted his black cap and gazed across golden fields of hay. Explaining why he is against construction of a big coal-burning power plant east of town, Mr. Liebert sounded like one more voice from the green movement. 

“The more I learn about global warming and watch the drought affect ranchers and farmers, I see that it’s wind energy, not coal plants, that can help with rural economic development. Besides, do we want to roll the dice with the one planet we’ve got?”

Read NY Times article:  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/business/20coal.html

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