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New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Non-Hazardous
2014-12-19 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new national standards designating coal ash - a nearly ubiquitous byproduct of coal-fired power plants that contains arsenic and lead - as non-hazardous waste. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that coal-fired power plants produce more than 130 million tons of the coal ash each year and they have long stored millions of tons of it in giant ponds. But many of those ponds have failed in recent years, allowing contaminated water to get into rivers and...
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Wyoming Looks to Finance Coal Export Terminals
2014-12-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wyoming Public Radio: The State of Wyoming may be getting into the coal export business. The Legislature will consider a bill during its upcoming session that would increase the Infrastructure Authoritys bonding limit from $1 billion to $3 billion and also allow that money to be spent outside the states borders. Director Loyd Drain of the Infrastructure Authority says if it passes, as is widely expected, he could then enter into talks about financing with companies that are trying to build coal export terminals in...
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Duke Energy, green group agree on cleaning up ash at S.C. coal plant
2014-12-19 00:29:01| Waste Management - Topix.net
The W.S. Lee coal plant will close soon as Duke Energy replaces it with a new combined-cycle natural gas plant. Duke Energy will excavate all 3.2 million tons of ash at the soon-to-be-closed W.S. Lee Steam Station in Upstate South Carolina and bury it in a lined landfill.
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Duke Energy Says It Will Close SC Coal Ash Pits
2014-12-18 23:55:57| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy is planning to remove all of its coal ash from pits at a South Carolina plant that environmentalists say Duke Energy Says It Will Close SC Coal Ash Pits GREENVILLE, S.C. - Duke Energy is planning to remove all of its coal ash from pits at a South Carolina plant that environmentalists say Check out this story on WLTX.com: http://on.wltx.com/1ALRSDI GREENVILLE, S.C. - Duke Energy is planning to remove all of its coal ash from pits at a South Carolina plant that environmentalists say threatens the Saluda River.
EPA expected issue new regulations for disposal of coal ash
2014-12-18 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Six years after a catastrophic coal ash spill took out part of a Tennessee town, 10 months after a cascade of toxic grey sludge fouled a North Carolina river, the Obama administration is poised to unveil the first rules for the disposal of coal ash on Friday. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency issued in response to a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice and other campaign groups - will provide the first controls for the handling and storage of coal ash, the toxic waste left behind...
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