capitol power plant Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:41:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Coal- And Oil-Burning Capitol Power Plant Next Door to White House https://www.greenoptimistic.com/capitol-power-plant-white-house-20130812/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/capitol-power-plant-white-house-20130812/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:19:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40479 While President Obama is carefully laying out big plans for tackling climate change and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, a powerful power plant is continuously burning coal and diesel fuel oil just two miles away from the White House. The Capitol Power Plant provides electricity to the whole of the Capitol campus, including the building […]

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