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18,
2009:
PRNewswire
Coal Pollution Damages Human Health at Every Stage of Coal Life Cycle, Reports Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility today released a groundbreaking medical report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health," which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. By examining the impact of coal pollution on the major organ systems of the human body, the report concludes that coal contributes to four of the top five causes of mortality in the U.S. and is responsible for increasing the incidence of major diseases already affecting large portions of the U.S. population. A copy of the full report can be found at http://www.psr.org/coalreport.
18,
2009:
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Power Companies Seek Out Chinese Allies
Some of the biggest names in the U.S. power industry are teaming up with Chinese partners, seeking access to the cash, equipment and technology offered by China's fast-growing energy sector.
16,
2009:
Sioux City Journal
Save Union County group to conduct own air testing
Dissatisfied with the lack of results from state air quality stations in the area where a Texas company proposes to build an oil refinery, opponents of the project will do their own.
16,
2009:
Carbon Capture Journal
Siemens to supply IGCC with CCS to Tenaska
Siemens Energy has been chosen by Tenaska, based in Omaha, Nebraska to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC).
14,
2009:
caller.com
Las Brisas testimony complex; decision likely to take months
CORPUS CHRISTI — Two judges have reams of prepared testimony and nine days of live testimony to consider in the Las Brisas Energy Center air permit case.
13,
2009:
Alaska Journal of Commerce
GVEA coal plant deal nearly done
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and Golden Valley Electric Association in Fairbanks are in the final stages of negotiating details of their agreement for Golden Valley to purchase the Healy Clean Coal Project from the state development authority.
11,
2009:
Public News Service
County: Still No Answer from EPA on Hyperion Project
Until last month, no government body or agency had requested an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Hyperion Energy Center, a huge oil refinery planned for Union County. Representing Union County's next-door neighbors, the Clay County Commission has made a written request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
5,
2009:
Conservation Law Foundation Press Release
Environmental and community activists hail shut down of polluting coal plant
In the face of pressure from environmental, public health and community groups to live up to a longstanding commitment to either clean up or shut down their coal fired power plant in Somerset, MA the NRG Corporation announced that the plant would shut down on January 2, 2010.
5,
2009:
Wicked Local
Somerset's NRG power plant closing down
According to NRG spokesman David Knox, the company will deactivate the plant on Jan. 2.
”Market forces are part of the reason,“ Knox said. ”Also, the requirement that we close down or repower kicks in in September of 2010. We are obeying that.“
Knox said NRG will continue to move ahead with plans to convert the plant from burning coal to a plasma gasification process, which breaks down coal into its component parts before converting it into energy. Knox did not provide a timeframe for the completion of that conversion.
2,
2009:
Associated Press
Developers abandon plan for SD power plant
Developers of a $1.6 billion electric power plant in northeastern South Dakota abandoned the project Monday, saying they were unable to recruit other investors after one of the principal utility backers pulled out.