Despite opposition from the San Juan Generating Station's majority owner, a new ordinance in San Juan County will require the power plant to be demolished once it is permanently closed.
As the tally grows, the province is left with contaminated sites, a leaking wastewater pond and an escalating cleanup bill estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.
The decline of coal could be saving thousands of lives as power plants reduce air pollution by switching to natural gas, according to a study published Monday.
