By Andy Knott, Beyond Coal Campaign Senior Representative
Clean energy is cheaper than dirty coal. The KCPL and Springfield examples above are further evidence that clean energy is advancing in Missouri based on economics, while proposed climate and public health safeguards such as the Clean Power Plan are bogged down by legal challenges from utilities and state attorneys general.
In February, the US Supreme Court granted a stay on the Clean Power Plan, meaning that US EPA cannot implement the plan until legal challenges are resolved. The DC circuit court will hold a hearing on the Clean Power Plan in September.
Unfortunately, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is one of state attorneys general fighting the Clean Power Plan in court. Please contact AG Koster at 573-751-3321 or attorney.general@ago.mo.gov and ask him to stop this assault on public health and clean energy