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TVA to roll out environmental plan for coal-burning residuals at Cumberland Fossil plant
Later this month, TVA is expected to announce a public input process that will include a public meeting in Cumberland City regarding its Environmental Investigation Plan being developed at the Cumberland Fossil Plant. The Environmental Investigation Plan (EIP) is being conducted under the direction of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and it will […]
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Singrauli: NGT seeks comments on pollution by industries
New Delhi (PTI) – The National Green Tribunal has sought comments from various stakeholders on the pollution caused by industrial and mining activity in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed various parties in the case to file a written note, not […]
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62% of total Hydrogen Fluoride emissions are from Coal & Oil Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units
Excerpts from Supplemental Finding That It Is Appropriate and Necessary To Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Action: Final Supplemental Finding. Summary: This action responds to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Michigan v. EPA, 135 S. Ct. 2699 (2015), and explains how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
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How the Minerals Council of Australia has govt’s ear on coal
Heavily represented and funded by the biggest polluters on the planet, the all-powerful Minerals Council of Australia continues to spruik the benefits of coal to a largely compliant government. Tony Abbott may be gone, but his fossil fuel industry-dictated rhetoric lives on. Coal is still “good for humanity” in the eyes of the Turnbull government. […]
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Little impact for most Australian coal from new China trace elements tests: market sources
Lower acceptable levels after July 1 for trace chemicals in thermal coal imported to China such as chlorine and phosphorus will have a negligible impact on Australia’s export thermal coal trade with China, said market sources Tuesday. Chinese authorities plan to drop portside tests for fluorine levels in imported coal cargoes from mid-year, currently capped […]
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Town of Tonawanda’s Huntley power plant is biggest polluter in Erie County
Renewable energy advocates said the 440,000 pounds of pollutants that the Huntley electric plant generated in the Town of Tonawanda in 2013 proves it doesn’t take much coal to damage the Earth. The plant’s operator said the 98-year-old facility has never run cleaner. Both arguments might be true, but it didn’t stop Huntley from recapturing […]
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Coal emissions under fire for impact on health
A MERRIWA vet and cattle farmer says it’s time governments took the cumulative impact of heavy metal emissions from coalmines and power stations on people’s health seriously. A long-term study of heavy metal levels in cattle might be the answer, Ted Finnie said. ‘‘Particulate matter emissions from coalmines is known to contain relatively high levels […]
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Appeals court backs Springdale women’s right to sue coal-fired power plant
Two women have the right to sue a coal-fired power plant in Springdale Borough even though the plant complies with state and federal environmental regulations, a federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday. The women’s lawsuit contended that damage to property and quality of life came from the plant’s emissions of fly ash, chemical compounds and […]
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Brayton Point Report: Power plant costs high
The organization Coal Free Massachusetts has released results of an analysis that found that the emissions from Brayton Point power plant has caused premature deaths and millions of dollars of health care costs that burden the economy. According to the organization, 15 to 39 premature deaths in 2012 were caused by emissions from the power […]
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Pakistan’s Coal Quandary: Energy, the Environment and Hindu-Muslim Harmony
In this guest-post, Muhammad Makki, a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland, presents his reflections on a field visit to the remote Tharparkar coal region of Pakistan and the challenges of communal harmony and a diversified approach to addressing Pakistan’s energy crisis. The field visit was supported by the International Mining for Development Centre […]
Pakistan Coal Industry