Arkansas Blog

A lot of "conservative" states are rejecting coal this year.. Alaska, Texas, Kansas and others.. Where are AR Democrats? We know this coal plant is targeted for cheap wholesale corporate electricity in Texas. If texas is changing their tune, why should Arkansas feed the beast at the expense of our own health?

Thanks for the update on this, Max.

Proximity to priceless natural areas?

Proximity to air 400,000 Little Rockers breathe. That is priceless.

Thanks for posting this, Max. Audubon (and Sierra Clu.b) have been making this a priority issue for some time and I appreciate you sharing it with your readers

This is not a done deal, by far. SWEPCO still has a fair amount of hoops to jump through, and we all have a chance to be heard. Make sure to let Governor Beebe, Director Marks, and your legislator know that we don't want these coal-fired power plants here in Arkansas. While you're at it, contact the Governor's Commission on Global Warming, which will soon be recommending ways that Arkansas can reduce its carbon emissions.

Arkansas can reduce its emissions and create thousands of new manufacturing jobs by rejecting dirty coal and embracing clean, renewable energy sources. Click on the blue Lorax below for a Sierra Club report that gives the details.

Lordy, I do love cheap electricity. And we'll have plenty of it (down this way, at least) in the foreseeable future. Hasn't been all that long since LR had rolling "brownouts," verdad?
My cap, if I had one, would be tipped to SWEPCO for investing in our future.

Yep, old Louie and I will be cool as cucumbers during the earth warming 'cause we got SWEPCO, one of the better power companies in America, who keeps us in electricity in spite of the hurdles.

Louie,
SWEPCO is investing in THEIR future, not ours. The new coal-fired plants are for producing electricity for out-of-state use, just as the natural gas extracted here mostly goes out-of-state. We experience the environmental and health problems here from both while the other states consume energy like there's no tomorrow. So, get prepared to sweat while you're in your hospital bed.

"SWEPCO is investing in THEIR future, not ours."

They are a stupid company if they aren't. I really can't think of any capitalist ventures in which they don't put their investments in their future.

"So, get prepared to sweat while you're in your hospital bed."

I dunno. Louie and I and this area of Arkansas get our SWEPCO electricity mostly out of Texas. Our local Rural Electric Corporation buys most of its energy from SWEPCO for resale to rural Arkansans in our area. Hard to imagine rural Arkies with no electricity. I got my SWEPCO bill yesterday and it was $44.60 with all the gibberish added that I can't understand. Good bargain, considering what I have hooked up to their enterprise.

Kansas City Southern Rail Line is very profitable now, as they carry the Wyoming coal down through Kansas City through western Arkansas and on down to Texas for the energy generators that supply our area. Don't recall us ever having a brown out of any kind. It may come.

Right, Cato. Anybody that don't like plenty of cheap electricity is a commie homo.