As one Wisconsin coal plant closes, neighbors of another worry pollution will shift to their backyards


As one Wisconsin coal plant closes, neighbors of another worry pollution will shift to their backyards


When We Energies announced the closing of its Pleasant Prairie coal-fired power plant in southeastern Wisconsin last week, residents and clean power activists applauded. But the news has also caused anxiety as some fear it means We Energies will increase production at a pair of coal-fired power plants about 15 miles away.

Those concerns are heightened by earlier news that tech giant Foxconn plans to open a large factory nearby, which will likely increase power demand in the area....

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