With Coal Plant Slated for Closure, Climate Activists Set Sights on ‘Peakers’

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With Coal Plant Slated for Closure, Climate Activists Set Sights on ‘Peakers’

On Saturday, five years after it launched a campaign using nonviolent civil disobedience to shut down a coal-fired power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, No Coal No Gas held a celebration in Pembroke’s Memorial Park marking the commitment of the plant’s owner, Granite Shore Power, to end coal combustion in 2027 and convert the facility to a “renewable energy park.”