Look out, Ohio, we could be facinga huge new climate bomb!

by Ron Prosek

According to a report in Bloomberg, Japan is considering construction of a

$33 billion power plant in Ohio, fueled by fossil gas. The plant would emit

between 16.2 and 19.3 million tons of CO2 annually. This would make the

plant one of the leading emitters of CO2 in the nation. The accompanying

methane emissions from the proposed plant make the situation even worse

as methane, over a 20-year period is 80 times more potent than CO2 as a

greenhouse gas.

This is not a done deal yet, so the public, financiers, the courts, and

government agencies have a chance to weigh in. Hopefully, journalists will

follow developments closely to keep the public and elected officials

informed and prepared to take action to stop this threat to climate stability.