Smoke gets in your eyes. (Mexican power plant threatens Texas's air) From: E Magazine | Date: June 1, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Earth Action Network, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Mexico's Carbon II power plant will send carbon dioxide far in excess of US limits north into Big Bend National Park. With nearby Carbon I, it may spew 230,000 tons per year. Activists had hoped to use NAFTA as leverage to clean up the plant, but now have less hope.

A curious sight has appeared recently in the stark desert landscape near Piedras Negras, Mexico: the towering smokestacks of a mammoth coal-burning plant called Carbon II. When finished, Carbon II will supply a big dose of Mexico's growing power needs and hundreds of jobs. But it will also create an unwelcome export: sulfur ...

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