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TECO inventory tallies up toxins
Tampa Electric Co. says the amounts of toxic chemicals its power plants released into the environment last year pose no health risks – although some environmental groups dispute that. The information reported by TECO marks the first year utilities have been required to file a Toxics Release Inventory to the Environmental Protection Agency. The report, […]
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Florida Power makes emissions report
Florida Power Corp. Friday reported the amounts of toxic chemicals its plants released into the environment last year. This is the first year utilities have been required to file a Toxics Release Inventory to the Environmental Protection Agency. The report, which manufacturing plants have been required to file since 1986, looks at 650 chemicals. “It […]
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Niagara Mohawk plants among New York’s top polluters
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Niagara Mohawk power plants spewed more than 5.78 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment in 1998, according to a report the utility filed with the federal government. The toxic emissions, 97 percent of which came from the Huntley and Dunkirk coal-fired power plants near Buffalo, establish Niagara Mohawk as one […]
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Power plants proving worst violators of pollutants
DENVER – Utility companies for the first time must report emissions of toxic chemicals and power plants are proving the worst violators, according to Toxic Release Inventory figures. The releases at each of the Public Service Co. of Colorado’s seven power plants dwarf most of the emissions documented in last year’s Environmental Protection Agency report. […]
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BGE may be Maryland’s largest polluter
Two of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s power plants released more than 14 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air last year, likely making it Maryland’s top polluter. The amount dwarfs the figures of the top polluters of 1997, the Westvaco paper products company in Western Maryland and Millennium Inorganics, a Baltimore chemical company. […]
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Utilities prepare for bad environmental news
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An electric utility went on the offense Thursday, anticipating unfavorable public response to data showing significant pollution from coal-fired power plants. American Electric Power sent representatives to news organizations to explain that the utility will report substantial levels of hydrochloric acid in the Toxic Release Inventory to be issued Friday. “We are […]
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Fluoride Poisoning Strikes Over 45 Million Chinese
BEIJING – Smog caused by widespread use of low-grade coal has caused more than 45 million Chinese to be affected by fluoride poisoning, an official report said Thursday. Flourosis, overexposure to flouride, is endemic in practically all Chinese communities. A recent conference of medical workers in Beijing reported that since 1986, only 4 million people […]
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