Tag: Coal - Page 6
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30,000 Citizens "Occupy" Highway in China to Protest Coal Pollution (Video)
A mass protest movement in China sets its sights on a newly proposed coal plant, as well as one that has been fouling their homeland for years.
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3 Years After Tennessee Coal Ash Spill, Other TVA Ponds Just As Unstable
“The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."
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EPA Issues First-Ever Limits on Mercury & Toxic Air Pollution
The air's about to get a lot cleaner, and thousands of lives are about to be saved ... if the rules go through.
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Matter Hatters Of Coal vs The Children: Which Side Will Business Leaders Take?
Industry's hand is being forced by EPA's final rule over power plant mercury emissions. Are they in favor of mercury polluiton?
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Control Of Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Plants May Increase Midwest Electric Bills Seven Percent
Midwest electricity blls may rise seven percent due to cost of controlling mercury and other toxic emissions from coal burning.
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Wyoming Coal-to-Liquids Plant Has A Buyer For Its Double-the-Emissions Gasoline
It's one of the first major commercial coal-to-liquid agreements in the U.S. And it's an environmental disaster.
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Safe Sushi App Tells You How Much Mercury Is In Your Spicy Tuna Roll
The Sierra Club is helping us stay alert to how much mercury we're eating in fish with a new app for iPhone and Android.
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Americans Want Strong Mercury Protections
Events are being held nationwide to support the coming federal mercury safeguards.
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Problems Continue in Michigan's Most Polluted Zip Code
Detroit's 48217 neighborhood suffers from many forms of industrial pollution.
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Chase Spends $22 Billion Annually on Coal, Tops List of '20 Climate Killing Banks'
A new report from BankTrack reveals which financial giants invest most heavily in coal. And JP Morgan Chase leads the pack.
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Supply Chains & Carbon: Australia Is Worlds Largest Coal Exporter, Japan It's Largest Customer
Coal exportation is key part of Australia's economic productivity.
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Giving Thanks for Successful Grassroots Action
Showing gratitude for some recent grassroots work.
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Power Plants Stressing Freshwater Resources Around the Country
Analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that coal and nuclear power plants are using "vast amounts of local water for cooling", stressing watersheds.
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Texas' Water Shortage Turning Ranchers & Farmers Against Coal-Fired Utility Expansion
...More water for cooling coal fired plants means less for ranching and farming.
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Boulder Votes to Go Clean Energy On Its Own
Boulder, Colorado, voted last week to create its own utility to help break away from coal.
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US Energy Use Climbing Again - After 12yr Low In 2009
Data from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows US energy use was up in 2010, with renewable energy essentially flat.
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One Tenth China's Land Said To Be Highly Polluted With Heavy Metals - Coal May Be To Blame
"Pollution from lead, mercury and cancer-causing cadmium is often blamed for poisoning entire villages and crop-growing land in China as factory bosses flout environmental laws and farmers use toxic fertilizers."
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Coal Ash Spill in Lake Michigan Occurs Within Days of New EPA Data on Hazardous Coal Ash Ponds
Researchers concluded that the spill probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, but the ash contained heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury.
