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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you don’t belong to one of these
groups, consider joining or at least sending them a donation. It takes cash to
hire the lawyers that are ultimately necessary to protect nature areas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Randi Doeker<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#010101" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#010101'>AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">CHICAGO</st1:place></st1:City><br>
CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING THE ENVIRONMENT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#010101" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#010101'>CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE<br>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">LAKE</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">COUNTY</st1:PlaceType>
CONSERVATION <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ALLIANCE</st1:place></st1:City><br>
SIERRA CLUB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>September 28, 2006: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>For immediate release<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>CONTACTS:
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club, <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place>
Clean Energy Campaign (608) 712.9725<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>
Brian Urbaszewski, American Lung Association of Met. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> (312) 628.0245<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:#010101'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#010101" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#010101;font-weight:bold'>APPEALS BOARD STRIKES DOWN COAL PLANT PERMIT: <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">ORDERS</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">STATE</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
TO CONSIDER STRONGER HEALTH PROTECTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>Chicago</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#010101'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State>: In a major
ruling for clean air and clean energy, the U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board
(EAB) in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place> has struck down the air permit for a
large coal-fired power plant Indeck-Energy had proposed to build fifty miles
south of the Chicago Loop. The ruling came in response to a 2003 appeal
filed by a coalition of public health and conservation groups who argued that
the permit did not protect public health and increased <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>’ reliance on dirty coal. In
its ruling the Board held that the State had failed to ensure that the proposed
coal plant installed modern pollution controls and <span style='background:
yellow'>protect the adjacent Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>The proposed
Indeck-Energy coal plant long been mired in controversy since it was first
announced. When Illinois EPA issued the draft permit in 2003, a broad
coalition of national and local groups urged the state to consider cleaner,
safer options for electricity generation. Local residents testified that
the plant threatened the adjacent Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the
nation’s first protected prairie. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley weighed in,
urging the State to consider cleaner technologies as a way to protect downwind <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> residents.
When the State rejected these concerns and issued the project an air permit in
October 2003, a coalition of groups including American Lung Association of
Metropolitan Chicago, Clean Air task Force, Citizens Against Ruining the
Environment (CARE), Lake County Conservation Alliance and Sierra Club appealed
the permit. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>“This ruling presents
a great opportunity for Illinois to abandon its current plans to subsidize the construction
of out-dated coal plants, and instead move towards a clean energy future that
harnesses safe and affordable energy options, including new wind farms and
large investments in energy efficiency,” said Verena Owen, Chair of Sierra
Club’s Clean Air Campaign in Illinois. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>The proposed Indeck
power plant would have been the largest new source of global warming emissions
and deadly air pollution in the Chicagoland area in decades. The plant
would have emitted approximately 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, the primary
cause of global warming, and over 10,000 tons a year of air pollutants that can
cause cancer, respiratory disease, neurological defects, and premature
deaths. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>“At a time when EPA’s
own scientists are calling for significant reductions in air pollution to
prevent avoidable deaths and protect public health, the last thing we should be
building in the Chicago area is a new dirty coal power plant that would make
our existing air pollution woes worse,” said Brian Urbaszewski, Director of Environmental
Health for the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago. The <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> area still fails
to meet the federal health-based air quality standards set in 1997.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#010101" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#010101'>"The decision
also allows Illinois EPA to consider new and better information for controlling
emissions," said John Thompson of the Clean Air Task Force,
”Illinois EPA should carefully examine vastly cleaner technology, such as coal
gasification, that has gained wider acceptance since the original permit was
issued."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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