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October 21, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- airpollution, climate, coal, dirtycoal, globalwarming, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR
Since many of our elected leaders seem to be worried about costs, they should consider this: fossil fuels cost the United States about $120 billion a year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences. This cost is measured primarily by thousands...continued→
January 14, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- airpollution, coal, coalash, coalindustry, coalpower, dirtycoal, TVA
My colleague John Walke passed along what he dubbed "stunning, positive" news. A federal judge today ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority must reduce emissions at four of its coal-fired power plants in Tennessee and Alabama because their windblown air pollution...continued→
