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==EDF OKs Tenaska Coal Plant==
In April 2010, EDF announced, alongside [[Tenaska Energy]], that the group would not oppose the issuance of air quality permits for [[Trailblazer Energy Center|Tenaska's proposed plant]] east of Sweetwater, TX, in light of the plant's "advanced environmental features." Tenaska and the Environmental Defense Fund signed an agreement under which the company agreed that the plant, which could open as early as 2015, will contain equipment designed to capture "at least 85 percent" of the carbon dioxide produced by the plant. The plant will contract for delivery of sell the sequestered CO2 gas to West Texas oil fields [[Denbury Resources]] for "enhanced oil recovery" in west Texas oil fields." The company also agreed to "limit " water usage at the plant in Sweetwater, using to an average of 1 million gallons daily - two million gallons on days when power demand is especially high.<ref name="st">[http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/04/19/2126241/proposal-for-west-texas-coal-plant.html#ixzz0lkegRbtd "Proposal for West Texas coal plant gets environmental group's praise"] Star telegram, April 19, 2010.</ref>
According to Tom "Smitty" Smith, director of the Texas office of [[Public Citizen]], "While this deal may reduce some concerns about CO2, it doesn't mean that this still isn't a dirty old coal plant."<ref name="st"/>
