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Environmental Group Says Power Plants Killing Fish

We Energies' Oak Creek plant mentioned in report.

The environmental advocacy group Sierra Club released a report Thursday blaming water-intake systems at power plants for killing fish and other aquatic life, according to a Journal Sentinel story.

We Energies disputed much of the report, adding that Β has been engineered to draw water at low velocity to avoid trapping or killing fish.

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It's interesting to note that We Energies is building a fishing pier at its Oak Creek plant. As Patch , it is thought that the pier will be popular because fish are attracted to the warm-water discharge.Β 


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