The EnviroNazis never stop

Green groups fight proposed Meigs power plant

"Three environmental groups are challenging air- and water-pollution permits issued last year by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to American Municipal Power (AMP) for a proposed coal-burning power plant near Letart Falls in Meigs County.
The National Resource Defense Fund (NRDC), the Sierra Club and the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) exchanged oral arguments with Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski before a state appeals commission Feb. 4. A final hearing is scheduled for early August."

These people, mostly outsiders, don't care that we have few jobs. They don't care that Century Aluminum just shut down, costing 679 jobs. Century employed many from Southeastern Ohio.

"Century Announces the Curtailment of Ravenswood, WV Smelter
MONTEREY, CA, Feb 04, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Century Aluminum of West Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX), today announced its intention to conclude the orderly curtailment of the remaining plant operations at its Ravenswood, WV aluminum smelter by February 20. On December 17, pursuant to the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), the company informed employees of the possibility of curtailment of the entire plant at the end of a 60 day period; it also began the immediate, orderly curtailment of one of the plant's four potlines.
The WARN notice specified that plant operations would be curtailed unless the selling price for aluminum stabilized and the company was able to reduce costs materially and thus reduce the monthly cash losses it has been experiencing.
The Ravenswood smelter, which was constructed in 1957, employs 679 men and women and produces 170,000 tonnes annually at full capacity. The orderly curtailment of the plant's remaining three potlines will begin immediately and will be completed by February 20. The plant will be carefully maintained to allow for the possibility of reopening, if justified by market
conditions. Layoffs for the majority of the plant's remaining 651 employees are expected to be completed by February 20."

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