Dirtiest power sites include 4 in Indiana

Plant list based on EPA, agency data

Four Indiana coal-burning sites landed on an environmental group’s latest list of the nation’s dirtiest power plants.

The Environmental Integrity Group put Indiana, Texas and Pennsylvania atop a list of the 12 states with the heaviest concentrations of the dirtiest power plants. Texas had five, and Pennsylvania had four.

The group used data gathered from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department
“This report is a vivid reminder that generating electricity through coal is a very dirty business, and power companies have not come forward to clean up voluntarily,” said Jan Jarrett of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future during a conference call yesterday to discuss the list.

Power companies say they operate efficiently and have spent billions of dollars cleaning emissions.

Louisville Courier Journal