A federal appeals court yesterday ordered the EPA to reconsider its standards for pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM). Fine particulates, such as soot, have been linked to premature death, asthma, lung cancer, and heart disease. Furthermore, black carbon soot is a major greenhouse player, as it absorbs and then radiates massive amounts of heat back [...]
Archive for February 25th, 2009
EPA to Reconsider Standards for Particulate Matter
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged appeals court, diesel engines, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, houston chronicle, matthew tejada, New York Times, particulate matter, PM, power plants, soot, steven johnson on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Teachers Union and LULAC Join Las Brisas Opponents
Posted in Coal, tagged american federation of teachers union, chase power, corpus chrisit caller times, corpus christi, crosstown expressway, environmental discrimination, juan guerra, kathleen smith, las brisas power plant, league of united latin america citizens council, lulac on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two new groups, the local American Federation of Teachers union and the League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 1 (LULAC) have joined the coalition formed in opposition to Corpus Christi’s proposed Las Brisas Power Plant, reports the Caller-Times. At a membership meeting last week, 38 members of the teacher’s union voted unanimously to [...]

















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