Bradley Campbell, former commissioner of the N.J. Department of
Environmental Protection, will advocate for a “clean coal” plant in
Linden, N.J. August 27 (this Thursday), 6:30 p.m., at a special
meeting of the Linden City Council. (Meeting details below.)

Since 2006, Mr. Campbell, a lawyer, has been representing a small
Massachusetts firm that now wants to build a large 500-megaWatt coal
power plant in Linden (Union County).

The experimental plant would capture up to 90% of its own carbon
dioxide (CO2), and would gather CO2 from other sources in the area,
compress it into a liquid, pipe it 70 miles offshore, and pump it a
half-mile beneath the floor of the Atlantic ocean, hoping it would
stay there forever.

Over its 50-year lifetime the Linden coal plant would bury 10 million
tons of CO2 per year beneath the Atlantic, for a total of 500
million tons (a trillion pounds).

The proposal has generated great interest from the environmental
community in New Jersey. Some are asking, “Are more coal plants
really the best way to reduce global warming?”

A fact sheet about the proposed “clean coal” plant is available online
at http://tinyurl.com/mac485. Sources of information for the fact
sheet are available here: http://tinyurl.com/lmgqfv .

The meeting in Linden August 27 is open to the public.

The location is the second-floor Council Caucus room in the rear of
Linden City Hall, 301 North Wood Ave, Linden, NJ 07036.

If many people show up to hear Mr. Campbell promote “clean coal,” the
meeting will be moved to Council Chambers, 2nd floor front, in the
same building.

Get driving directions here: http://www.linden-nj.org/directions.htm