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Coal Ash Tracker for Fluoride
Coal Ash Tracker – 25 results for Fluoride Name State Owner Pollutants above safe levels Flint Creek Power Plant AR American Electric Power antimony, arsenic, boron, chromium, fluoride, lead, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, radium, selenium, sulfate General James M. Gavin Plant OH American Electric Power antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, cobalt, copper, fluoride, manganese, molybdenum, nitrate, […]
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JNARDDC comes up with a process to get silica, aluminium fluoride from coal fly ash
Silica is useful for structural materials, microelectronics and pharmaceutical industry Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur has developed a process to convert coal fly ash into useful products such as high purity silica and aluminium fluoride at laboratory scale. Pure silica has many uses such as it is utilised in structural […]
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Duke Energy disputes findings of environmental report critical of coal ash operations
Duke Energy’s Allen Steam Station in Gaston County ranks second among more than 200 U.S. power plants for toxic coal ash polluting nearby groundwater, according to a study released this week by environmental groups. At the Allen plant on Lake Wylie, coal ash storage sites have polluted groundwater with nine contaminants, including arsenic, cobalt and […]
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Report: Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S.
A review from the Fluoride Network This new report by The Environmental Integrity Project, Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S., is a much needed update on the issue. Throughout the report, the health-based threshold that was used for fluoride was 4 mg/L. For “unsafe groundwater caused by coal ash” 7% […]
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Long term spatial-temporal dynamics of fluoride in sources of drinking water and associated health risks in a semiarid region of Northern China
Highlights F– levels of Taiyuan were in optimum range based on the recommendation by USEPA. Individual locations within industrial areas had higher F– levels. HRIsF were calculated and the highest associated with suburban areas. F– levels and HRIsF of the groundwater in Taiyuan showed a decreasing trend. HRIsF in suburban areas was higher than urban […]
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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 […]
China Coal Industry
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