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13 October 2005 - Ontario's largest electricity workers' union has asked the state government to reconsider its plans to close a significant number of coal fired power plants by 2007.
Don MacKinnon, president of the Canadian Power Workers' Union, said: "This government must consider clean coal as a vital source of electricity."
The comment was made in response to a speech from the Ontario Liberal government that committed it to the closure of coal fired power generation.
The Union has submitted research to the government that suggests Ontario could save $11bn over the next 20 years if it was to upgrade the existing coal plants with clean coal technology instead of replacing them with natural gas fired power plants.
MacKinnon said: "The government's determination to close coal fuelled generation plants is no longer viable in the current economic environment. We believe that clean coal must be maintained as a source of electricity."
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