CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

Coal-fired power plants provide half of this country's electricity. Half. Considering coal is by far our cheapest fossil fuel, imagine how expensive -- and unreliable -- electrical power would be if every coal-fired plant in the United States were shut down and use of the resource were banned.

Such a scenario, which would lay waste to America's economy and quality of life, is the stuff of dreams for environmentalists. And they're doing everything they can to make it a reality.

The greens have a network of well-paid lawyers and activists dedicated to hunting down and killing every new coal-fired power plant proposal in the United States. In Nevada and every other state, they attend all public hearings in force, carefully track regulatory and approval processes, apply political pressure at every step, and ultimately sue. Coupled with one of the most relentless and effective lobbying coalitions in Washington, environmentalists are preventing the expansion of the country's power supply, making energy increasingly unaffordable for the masses.

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