The pieces and policies for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf are seemingly drawing inexorably together. Since 24 December the Iranian Navy has been holding its ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises, covering an area in the Arabian Sea stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of [...]
The American Lung Association went on record as applauding the Obama Administration for adopting public health safeguards to reduce mercury and toxic air pollution from power plants. The new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants are long overdue and will reduce the harm from air pollution like mercury, lead, arsenic and a host [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joe Pizarchik today announced nearly half a billion dollars in grants for states and tribes to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining. This year’s funding – a $90 million increase over last [...]
New Report Provides Investment Research on Arch Coal & Peabody Energy Coal demand is expected to be strong in the coming years despite calls for intensified efforts to remove carbon from the energy system. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) inaugural ‘Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2011′ global coal demand will continue to expand “aggressively” [...]
The dirtiest power plants in the nation continue to generate a disproportionate amount of toxic pollutants – including arsenic, chromium, hydrochloric acid, lead, mercury, nickel, and selenium – tracked in a new analysis by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) released today by EIP, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club. According to the new EIP report, the [...]
Dozens of events nationwide, new resources come just ahead of expected mercury protections from the Obama administration Washington, D.C. – The Sierra Club celebrates Mercury Awareness Week December 5-11 as President Obama prepares to issue the first nationwide protections against toxic mercury from coal plants later this month. Americans are planning rallies and awareness events [...]
A team of scientists have used the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite to confirm major reductions in the levels of a key air pollutant generated by coal power plants in the eastern United States. The pollutant, sulfur dioxide, contributes to the formation of acid rain and can cause serious health problems. The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In anticipation of forthcoming Environmental Protection Agency proposals for clean air standards, the Department of Energy this week released a new report examining the potential impact those proposed standards could have on the reliability of our nation’s energy systems. The report compares compliance deadlines even more stringent than those that are expected to [...]
Lansing, MI — Consumers Energy announced plans to forgo a proposed $2.3 billion coal plant near Bay City, Michigan. The announcement comes after years of organizing and pushback on the proposal by neighboring communities and environmental groups. The company also plans to mothball seven of its existing coal-fired units around the state by 2015. “This [...]
Austin, TX – Yesterday, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell renewed his commitment to end the city’s power contract with the Fayette coal fired power plant and seek renewable alternative to power Austin. In a speech today, the Mayor noted ending this relationship is a top tier priority for his office. When the transition to renewables is [...]
Washington, D.C. – This week, a bi-partisan majority in the U.S. Senate rejected Sen. Rand Paul’s attack on the life-saving Cross State Air Pollution Rule by a vote of 56 to 41. Attempting to use an obscure, Gingrich-era congressional tool known as the Congressional Review Act, Senator Paul’s effort would have left 240 million Americans [...]
Disastrous collapse comes just weeks after House votes against strong coal ash protections – will the Senate vote to protect Americans? A partial retaining bluff collapse Monday at the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant in Wisconsin sent toxic coal ash spewing into Lake Michigan. This collapse comes just weeks after the U.S. House voted [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $6.6 million in grants to eight universities in support of black carbon research. Black carbon is the sooty black material emitted from diesel-powered engines and vehicles, industries like brick kilns and coke ovens, traditional cookstoves, and other sources that burn fossil fuels or [...]
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