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'furniN trash into gas helps planet, poctbook I Recordnet.com Page 2 of 2 <br />W is <br />According to an EPA database, the combined energy production of the county's two new power plants is enough <br />to offset annual greenhouse gas emissions from more than 65,000 passenger cars or to offset the burning of more <br />than 1,800 railcars full of coal. <br />The Forward plant should be online by November, with the Foothill plant following by the end of the year, officials <br />said. <br />Contact reporter Alex Breitler at (209) 546-8295 or abreitler@recordnet.com. Visit his blog at <br />recordnet.com/breitlerblog. <br />From r o treasure <br />According to an Environmental Protection Agency online calculator, the two new landfill power plants would reduce <br />greenhouse gas emissions by a combined 52,955 tons per year. <br />That's roughly akin to: <br />• Taking 65,266 passenger cars off the road for one year; <br />• Planting more than 70,971 acres of trees to store carbon dioxide; <br />• Preventing the burning of 1,812 rail cars full of coal; <br />• Preventing carbon emissions that would result from the consumption of more than 37 million gallons of gasoline. <br />http://www.recordnet.com/appslpbcs.dll/article?AID=1201310061A NEWS/310060315&emailAFriend... 10/21/2013 <br />