On the March 9th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN, two representatives from Appalachian Voices join host Rick Moore to talk about Dominion Virginia’s plans to build a new coal power plant in Southwestern Virginia. Tom Cormons is the director of the Charlottesville offices for Appalachian Voices, and Mike McCoy is a field organizer from Richmond – they discuss the so-called “green” power plant: why it’s important to Dominion Virginia, what makes it “green,” and what it could have on the area.
Callers chime in with their questions about the plant: How many jobs will this provide? Why has this plant been getting so much media attention? What are the pros and cons? Find out all about the proposed power plant, as well as learn about some of the other environmental issues Appalachian Voices deals with – only on the Wake-Up Call!
Express your opinion about the power plan by commenting after the show!
For more information, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has posted links to Dominion’s application for a permit that will explain the company’s attempts to limit air pollution from the facility, including mitigation plans. The facility is known as the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, and the engineering analysis is halfway down the page.
DEQ is taking public comment until March 12.
It’s funny to me that the rest of the state of Virginia has now suddenly taken a strong interest in the proposed power plant in Wise County and its environmental impact. I thought we here in Southwestern Virginia didn’t exist or are thought of as “ignorant hillbillies” by the northern and eastern parts of the state. I suppose it is another try and bringing outside religion (compassion in this case), to the savages of the Southwest.