Coal-fired power plants are opposed (Michigan)

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While Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in California hawking Michigan's capabilities as a center of new energy technology, seven new coal-fueled power plants are formally proposed or under serious discussion in Michigan.

A coalition of environmental groups said Tuesday that's too many and the state needs to halt what they say is dirty, old-fashioned fossil-fuel technology.

"These will keep Michigan locked in the energy dark ages and saddle our state with outmoded technology and high costs," said Anne Woiwode, director of the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club.

Michigan already has 19 coal plants. No coal plants have been built in the state in nearly 20 years, and in that time, many manufacturing plants have closed and the state has lost population.

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