...plant exempted from Clean Air Act standards for major sources of pollution and known as one of the "dirty dozen" power plants in New England, Schiller is a facility that environmentalists loathe and traditional energy advocates say our nation cannot live without. Ray Faulkner, who lives a few miles downwind from Schiller, recalls several occasions when his children's toys were blanketed with a film of black coal dust. Now, he says, "I'm fed up."

Coal-based power plants, which constitute more than half of U.S. electricity production, are some of the most nefarious polluters in the country, and Schiller is no exception. But something revolutionary is in the works:...

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