The state of Nevada is proposing three new coal-fired power plants, just
over the border from Utah. The White Pine Energy Station and the Ely
Energy Center together would comprise over 4,000 megawatts of power,
enough for over 200,000 new homes in Las Vegas. These plants would be
located approximately 150 miles (as the crow flies) upwind from the
Wasatch Front and immediately upwind of Great Basin National Park. The
Toquop Energy Plant (pronounced Towkwop), a 750-MW coal plant would be
located just outside of Mesquite, Nevada and immediately upwind from St.
George and all of Washington County.

In terms of new coal power concentration, this is one of the largest
proposed in the nation.

Express Your Opinion
Some Nevada activists are requesting Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons to
issue a time out until state and federal regulators develop policies to
regulate carbon dioxide and to also consider the impacts to air quality.

Please consider expressing your opinion to Governor Jim Gibbons. Then cc
your letter to the additional officials listed below.

Governor Jim Gibbons
State Capitol
101 N. Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-5670
Fax: (775) 684-5683
http://gov.state.nv.us/ContactUs_NORTH.htm


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Nevada Congressman Dean Heller, 2nd District
http://heller.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
Las Vegas Office
600 Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 680
Las Vegas, NV 89101
702-255-1651 (Office)
702-255-1927 (Fax)

Senator Harry Reid
Las Vegas
Lloyd D. George Building
333 Las Vegas Boulevard
South, Suite 8016
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-388-5020
Fax: 702-388-5030
http://reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Air Quality Planning
Jennifer Carr, Bureau Chief     jcarr@ndep.nv.gov
901 South Stewart Street 775/687-4670 (direct line is 687-9346)
Suite 4001
Carson City, NV 89701--5249

You can also send a short letter to the editor of the Nevada newspapers:

Las Vegas Sun
letters@lasvegassun.com

Reno Gazette Journal
http://www.rgj.com/helpdesk/news/letter_to_editor.php

Nevada Appeal
http://apps.nevadaappeal.com/forms/letter/index.php


Tim Wagner
Director, Utah Smart Energy Campaign
Utah Chapter Sierra Club
2159 So. 700 E., SLC, UT 84106
office: 801-467-9294
cell: 801-5025450
fax: 801-467-9296
tim.wagner@sierraclub.org
www.utah.sierraclub.org

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I
hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle
that."  Thomas Edison