Official distorts health impact data to keep aging coal power plant running: 'A smack in the face'

Official distorts health impact data to keep aging coal power plant running: 'A smack in the face'

For decades, it has been widely understood that dirty fuel sources such as coal create significant unhealthy air pollution that directly contributes to unnecessary deaths in America and worldwide. Because of that and environmental reasons, Nebraska has been trying to quit using coal at its North Omaha power plant for the last 12 years, in theory.  However, there have been significant delays, and now board members have been misled by a report min…