Lawrence Energy Center Power Plant

LAWRENCE - OCTOBER 26: Dozens of Kansans gathered to call attention to the dangers of coal power at a protest in front of the Lawrence Energy Center, the nation's twelfth largest carbon dioxide polluting coal power plant October 26, 2008 in Lawrence, Kansas. Built in 1955, the Westar Energy owned power plant has a 600MW generating capacity. Globally, power generation emits nearly 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. The U.S., with over 8,000 power plants out of 50,000 worldwide, accounts for about 25% of that total or 2.8 billion tons. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)