MOST EXCELLENT news from Dina Cappiello at the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday, saying it wants to evaluate the projects’ impact on streams and wetlands. The decision by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson targets a controversial practice that allows coal mining companies to dump [...]
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EPA Freezes Hundreds of Mountain Top Removal Permits
Posted in Coal, tagged ap, appalachian mountains, army corps of engineers, associated press, clean water act, Coal, coal mining, dina cappiello, EPA, Lisa Jackson, mountain top removal, Obama administration, richmond, va on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Texas Tops List of States at Risk From Toxic Coal Ash Waste
Posted in Coal, tagged coal ash, coal ash waste, coal combustion waste, daily texan, Dallas Morning News, eddie rodriguez, hb 1450, matt stephens, natural resources defense council, neighbors for neighbors, nrdc, randy loftis, toxic coal-ash waste, travis brown on March 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A while back we held a press conference to highlight the scale of Texas’ coal combustion waste problem. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently released a report which found that Texas is the worst state in the nation in terms of toxic coal-ash waste that will result from proposed dirty coal-fired power plants. I [...]
Busy day, a quick news roundup
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, coal moratorium, EPA, Global Warming, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, solar, solar power, Texas Legislature on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen will be testifying on nearly three dozen bills today during committee meetings in the House and Senate. You can watch the action in the House or the Senate by going to the individual committees. Be sure to tune in to our 10am Press Conference on a coal moratorium by clicking on the link [...]
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