Sierra Club, other environmental groups deemed tough foes by power industry

• Published in: SNL Generation Markets Week
• Main Author: Barber, Wayne
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Charlottesville SNL Financial LC 22.11.2011
• Subjects: Advocacy; Coal-fired power plants; Energy policy; Natural gas; Natural resources; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants

The Sierra Club has rarely opposed natural gas plant permits, finding them a less objectionable option to coal with regard to carbon dioxide emissions. The same trade group executive praised Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, for "solid research and novel approaches...