Mississippi Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, is building a so-called "clean coal" plant in Mississippi. The cost has ballooned from the original estimate of $1.8 billion to the current $6.17 billion (and counting). As the residents of rural Kemper County can tell you, that is just the beginning. It will strip mine lignite from 48 square miles of timber and pasture land.

Sara Bernard reports a multimedia special report for Grist February 12, 2015. [2]

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"U.S. 'Clean Coal' Project Demise Shows EPA Plan's Weakness: Lawyers" (Reuters) [3]