Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Kudos to Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for bird-dogging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the need to regulate pollution from coal-fired power plants. Yesterday, Rep. Markey sent a letter to EPA requesting information on the agency's findings related to the...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Last night "60 Minutes" aired an in-depth story on the problems with coal ash, a byproduct of the burning of coal at power plants. Leslie Stahl focused on last year's nightmare before Christmas, when an impoundment pond containing 50-year's worth of coal ash...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Information obtained from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reveals the existence of nearly twice as many toxic coal ash dumps across the country as the agency previously indicated to the public. The results of NRDC's recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request -- filed jointly with Sierra...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I've been traveling and so am just catching up on what's happening in the world of coal ash pollution. It just so happens that the issue remains on the front-burner, as evidenced by a few recent news stories. First, the latest...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I'm scratching my head (and shaking my fist) over this nugget of information: "The Tennessee site of one of the nation's worst coal ash spills failed to make a federal list of ash storage ponds posing the highest potential threat...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
As reported today in Grist, there are nearly four dozen coal ash waste disposal sites in the U.S. that are so hazardous that were they to fail, "they could kill untold numbers of nearby residents." Coal ash sites -- which are less regulated than...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I just returned from a Congressional hearing convened by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to address the big coal ash spill last month in Tennessee. As tee'd up by Ben Jervey on NRDC's Greenlight blog, this hearing follows a damning New...continued→
