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Brayton Point coal plant in Somerset to close, cut 240 jobs
biz journals ^ | Oct 8, 2013 | Craig Douglas

Posted on 10/08/2013 11:27:44 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta

The Brayton Point Power Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in New England, is shutting down amid a prolonged slump in energy prices that is forcing power operators nationally to rejigger their budgets and seek out more affordable production strategies. The closure will result in 240 job losses at the Somerset, Mass.-based facility. Its owner, an affiliate of New Jersey-based private equity firm Energy Capital Partners, said in a statement that steps would be taken to mitigate the effects of the job cuts for Brayton Point’s former workers....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: capandtrade; capntrade; chrischristy; coal; corruptandtreason; cristy; economy; electricity; energy; jobcuts; jobloss; jobs; krispykreme; layoffs; naturalgas; newjersey; obama; obamaeconomy; plantclosings; power
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To: VerySadAmerican

It is all president stompy feet fault. He needs a long timeout i.e. removal from office.

Besides impeachment, what other means are their to remove a sitting president? Can he declared insane or unstable and the next knucklehead up (Joe Biden) take his place?


21 posted on 10/08/2013 5:07:44 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: FreeAtlanta
25th Amendment
22 posted on 10/08/2013 5:23:16 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: grania

To #7. Now you know that the Sierra Club is for the birds. NOT!


23 posted on 10/08/2013 7:45:13 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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