America’s Top 10 Dirtiest Power Plants

Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on West Virginia vs Environmental Protection Agency, a case that will determine the EPA’s authority to regulate climate pollution, Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a new factsheet ranking America’s dirtiest power plants. The Top 10 Polluters are all primarily coal-fired power plants.

1. James H Miller Jr, Alabama
2. Labadie, Missouri
3. Gen J M Gavin, Ohio
4. Martin Lake, Texas
5. Oak Grove, Texas
6. Monroe, Michigan
7. Prairie State Generating Station, Illinois
8. Gibson, Indiana
9. Jim Bridger, Wyoming
10. W A Parish, Texas

Environment Texas, one of our 30 state environmental groups, highlighted one of the top 10 dirtiest power plants at a press conference on June 16. Watch the Accuweather coverage of the event here.