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A cleaner coal?
Underground coal gasification is one of a handful of techniques being tested across the West to make coal--the cheapest, most plentiful fuel around--more palatable to a carbon-constrained world. High Country News. 20 November 2009.
Air panel urged to deny pollution permit for Xcel coal plant.
Neighborhood, university, religious and other group representatives packed a state air-quality regulators' hearing Thursday night — pushing for cleaner energy. Denver Post, Colorado. 20 November 2009.
The hidden costs of fossil fuels - and biofuels, too.
The 'hidden' costs of burning fossil fuels and biofuels aren't factored into their market prices, but someone has to pay them. Christian Science Monitor. 20 November 2009.
'Unfair' levy blows out cost of stream work.
The cost of cleaning up one of New Zealand's most polluted streams has blown out by $250,000 because of a new law. Investigations have shown the contamination is worse than initially thought, with an extra 800 cubic metres of toxic sludge added in the past month. Wellington Dominion Post, New Zealand. 20 November 2009.
Mercury discharges drastically lower as Onondaga County's trash-to-energy plant owner asks NY to renew permit.
Ten years ago, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency’s trash incinerator was a leading source of mercury pollution in Central New York. But the plant has cut mercury emissions 50-fold since then. Syracuse Post-Standard, New York. 20 November 2009.
4 groups threaten to sue over Mirant's P.G. landfill.
Four environmental groups are threatening to sue the owners of a Prince George’s County landfill they say is dumping toxic chemicals into a creek feeding the Patuxent River watershed. Baltimore Daily Record, Maryland. 20 November 2009.
Parents ask for mercury answers.
Parents of students at Temple High School attended the Carroll County Board of Education meeting Thursday to get their questions answered about the mercury found in the school’s gymnasium and to air their concerns. Georgian Times, Georgia. 20 November 2009.
U.S. Steel permit hearing draws mostly positive comments.
U.S. Steel Gary Works general manager Sharon Owen said nearly 15 percent of the limits in the 2009 draft are more stringent than in the current permit. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 20 November 2009.
The electronics recycling gap.
Beaumont and Port Arthur - along with most other Texas cities - fail to provide residents with information that could help them properly dispose of old electronics at low or no cost, according to a study released this week by Public Research Works and Texas Campaign for the Environment. Beaumont Enterprise, Texas. 20 November 2009.
Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise.
Even as more people move into fire-prone wildlands around the world, the intense droughts and higher temperatures that come with global warming are likely to make fires more frequent and severe in many areas. Inter Press Service. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Chemicals and pregnancy.
There have been many studies coming out lately that validate my entire approach to pregnancy and parenting. The latest, just announced by the Washington Toxics Coalition, shows babies are exposed to chemicals in everyday consumer products even before they're born. Daily Green. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Report details 'coal's assault on human health.'
Coal pollution is assaulting human health through impacts on workers, residents near mining operations and power plants, and the environment in coalfield communities, according to a new report by a group of physicians. Charleston Gazette, West Virginia. 19 November 2009.
Talk of Plan B, a power plant-only Climate Bill,emerges in Senate.
What was once the central political battleground for addressing global warming in the United States may be making a comeback. Greenwire. 19 November 2009.
Energy planners fight over Fayette.
While a $250 million upgrade is not chump change by anyone's standards, the Fayette Power Project's upgrade is especially hard to swallow for those Austinites who'd prefer simply to retire the coal-fired power plant for good. Austin Chronicle, Texas. 19 November 2009.
Fresh concerns over safety of herbal preparations.
Recent research has raised concerns that indiscriminate use of packaged herbal bitters may have a toxic effect on the spleen, pancreas and heart. Lagos Guardian, Nigeria. 19 November 2009.
Opponents present biomass health hazards.
Arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury are just some of the chemicals that will be emitted into the air at close range, if a Page Blvd. biomass plant is passed, says one woodburning opponent. Springfield WSHM TV, Massachusetts. 19 November 2009.
Group: Male fish are producing eggs in our rivers.
A citizens' group has asked Congress to protect human health from contaminants that are causing male fish to produce eggs. The "intersex" condition is believed to be caused by chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. Charleston State Journal, West Virginia. 19 November 2009.
Clearing the air.
DTE Energy started up a second "scrubber" at its coal-burning Monroe Power Plant Monday--significantly cutting emissions from another of the plant's four generating units. Monroe News, Michigan. 19 November 2009.
Study pinpoints chemicals in moms-to-be.
Aware of chemicals in everyday products, Kim Radtke refused such things as ordinary scented lotions and deodorants. So when Radtke took part in a new study that tested levels of chemicals in pregnant women, she was dismayed to learn she rated worst among nine West Coast women tested. Seattle Post Globe, Washington. 18 November 2009.
GE inks deal to deploy "clean coal" technology in China .
General Electric and China's biggest coal producer, Shenhua Group, announced yesterday that they are partnering to deploy the engineering giant's 'clean coal' gasification at a number of sites across China. London Business Green, United Kingdom. 18 November 2009.
Factories contaminating soil get suspended.
The Tainan County Government ordered the metal processing plant in Houbi Township to suspend its operations yesterday due to its causing the contamination rice paddies with cadmium. Taipei China Post, Taiwan. 18 November 2009.
Coal ash cleanup may end in spring.
More than 430 TVA employees and contractors are working around the clock to fill and ship more than 85 rail cars a day of sludgy coal ash from the Kingston Fossil Plant spill, TVA officials said Monday. Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tennessee. 18 November 2009.
Redfield residents voice white bluff opinions.
Many gathered in Redfield Tuesday night to express strong support of continued operation of the White Bluff coal-fired power plant while others voiced opposition. Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas. 18 November 2009.
Report confirms mercury's spread.
Mercury pollution already extracts an enormous cost through serious illness, neurological damage and – most unconscionable of all – impaired cognitive development of children. Ridding our waterways of mercury isn't optional or postponable. It's imperative. Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, Virginia. Editorial, 18 November 2009.
S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter.
Thanks to yet another of Gavin Newsom's pre-governor's-race-dropout "green" programs, San Francisco taxpayers have actually paid to greenwash a major toxic polluter. San Francisco Weekly, California. Opinion, 18 November 2009.
Cleaner chlorine plants may indirectly be creating an excess of toxic metal.
Over the past decade, environmental groups have pressured U.S. chlorine plants to stop spewing mercury. In the past four years, five such plants converted to mercury-free technology. But this success has created a new problem. Washington Post. 17 November 2009.
Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste.
Americans have been burning coal for electricity for roughly 130 years with little understanding of what the process leaves behind. But before the end of the year, the federal government will decide whether the leftover ash from the coal-burning process should be considered a hazardous substance. Detroit News, Michigan. 16 November 2009.
Kids not eating enough fish.
An overwhelming majority of children do not eat enough fish, placing them at risk of heart disease, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and retarded brain development, new research says. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 16 November 2009.
Steelmaking waste's impact on environment questioned.
A 1999 report from Bethlehem Steel Corp. to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raises questions about the safety of disposing steelmaking waste without any protection to the environment. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 16 November 2009.
Dumping ash, and cash, on Perry County.
About a mile north of Ruby Holmes' house, a long line of open container railroad cars caterpillared into a 1,000-acre landfill site. Many days, 85 or 110 cars bring in coal ash from Kingston, Tenn., each carrying 105 tons of moist ash sealed in thick plastic material. Birmingham News, Alabama. 15 November 2009.
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