Another coal plant bites the dust - - - 

John Deere Dubuque Works, a farm implement manufacturer in Dubuque, Iowa, has ceased burning coal.

In an order from the Iowa Utilities Board, the IUB stated that the plant's annual net generation was 31,496 MWh.

In a filing with the Iowa Utilities Board on December 22, 2011, John Deere stated that it was ceasing the "use of coal-fired generation for several reasons including implications of the proposed MACT standards."

The MACT standards control the release of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

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