This City Is Funding One of America’s Dirtiest Coal Plants

We need to speak up now. It doesn’t matter if you are in Naperville, Detroit, or the Solomon Islands, this issue affects all of us. This issue will not affect the people who make it, rather it will affect young people. We are abetting some of the worst carbon pollution in Illinois, and it is time to take a stand.

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Directors: Adi Julka, Adithya Karthik

Editor: Adi Julka

Researchers: Adi Julka, Adithya Kathrik

Narrators: Adi Julka, Adithya Karthik

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Naperville’s Coal-Powered Reality: EPA Permits Don’t Mean Pollution-Free

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Coal does not cause environmental damage because they operate with a permit from EPA.Burning coal is one of the most efficient ways to put greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere. Annually, the two coal plants that Naperville’s electricity provider, IMEA, co-owns create over 36 billion pounds of greenhouse gases.

Those emissions contribute to the climate crisis. Clean coal electricity is a misleading marketing term because burning coal always generates pollution.

78% of Naperville’s electricity comes from burning coal.