Power Madness in America: How state and tribal leaders tried to stop coal’s #BigBuildup on the Colorado Plateau five decades ago, by me: riveroflostsouls.com/2020/10…
Came across this 1971 letter from Edward Abbey to congressional committee looking into #BigBuildup of coal plants in Southwest. 5 of 6 planned plants were built, anyway, despite wave of opposition. Now they’re slowly going away in the #BigBreakdown
Today the last trainload of coal rolled into the Navajo Generating Station, which has long been a major source of pollution. The coal plant will soon be shutting down. azcentral.com/story/money/bu…@utilityreporter
Cholla coal power plant as seen from the Amtrak. The plant is scheduled to close by 2025, part of what I call the #BigBreakdown (after the #BigBuildup coined by Charles Wilkinson).
We're all waiting for the big Valentino Rossi press confernce, he's fashsionably late, it should have started at 2:30pm local time! A special announcement is apparently imminent? No, I have no clue! #MotoGP#bigbuildup