This past Sunday more than 50 students from the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition representing 10 Ohio colleges and universities protested in front of the homes of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director Chris Korleski and CEO of American Municipal Power – Ohio Marc Gersken, the men responsible for the final decision on a proposed coal plant in southeast Ohio. The plant would be the fifth near the town of Racine, where residents currently suffer from high levels of asthma, cancer, and neurological disorders believed to be connected to the local coal plants. Students protested by holding signs and writing letters to Korleski and Gersken

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