New Power Plants Not Needed But Will Pollute Wisconsin’s Environ...

Natural gas was once considered a waste product of oil production but has become one of the major fuels of the human economy, and its proponents say that natural gas is a “clean-burning” fuel.

However, the major components of natural gas are significant contributors to climate change. One of those components, methane, is more than 28 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Burning natural gas also produces pollutants such as Nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, particulates, and volatile organic compounds.

Healthy Climate Wisconsin recently completed an analysis of two new proposed natural gas-fired power plants, both on the shores of Lake Michigan, one at Oak Creek and the other at Paris, Wisconsin.

Healthy Climate Wisconsin Executive Director Abby Novinska-Lois joined Monday Eight o’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing to tell listeners more about the potential impact of the proposed plants.

All photos courtesy of Abby Novinska-Lois, Healthy Climate Wisconsin

Web posting by WORT producer Nicholas Wootton

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