Many Mississippians have asked why the Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest conservation organization, has become so involved in opposing Mississippi Power Co.’s proposal to build a $2.4 billion IGCC coal plant and adjoining mine in Kemper County. After all, Mississippi Power alleges that it would bring our state much-needed power from a clean fuel source at an affordable price. Mississippi Power’s claim is built on four myths that have little or no basis in fact. The truth is that the Kemper plant is unnecessary, is astronomically expensive, and there are alternatives that pose far less risk to Mississippi’s people and natural resources.

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