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Another &^%$*#+ coal ash spill.
#1
Posted 04 February 2014 - 05:00 AM
were released from an
unlined holding pond from duke energy in North Carolina.
(In 2010, a coal ash slurry wiped out an entire town in Tennessee)
The EPA needs to get on the ball and quickly. "Under consideration" is no longer viable.
http://cleantechnica...(CleanTechnica)
See also-
http://en.wikipedia....sh_slurry_spill
http://www.altenergy...damage-you-bet/
http://www.altenergy...-still-believe/
#2
Posted 05 February 2014 - 05:30 AM
So here's another article.
Are Americans that apathetic that we just don't care to be involved?
Keep our mouths shut?
Shrug our shoulders and move on?
What?
We MUST DEMAND these practices by the oil giants STOP.
Contact your representatives-tweet this thread-share on facebook; do something.
How long will be just sit idly by?
http://thinkprogress...ined-dan-river/
#3
Posted 07 February 2014 - 06:17 AM
"Duke has done nothing to contain the spill."
After visiting the spill location on 2/4/14 she said-
"There were no hard assets deployed on the river to clean up the ash,
contain the ash, or stop the spill."
Crews are working on plugging the leak; but haven't done so as of 2/5/14.
http://www.bloomberg..._medium=twitter
#4
Posted 09 February 2014 - 07:48 PM
#6
Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:22 PM
#7
Posted 18 February 2014 - 01:54 PM
but is now saying that need to move the ash ponds away from waterways.
Duh.
http://www.southerne..._for_removing_/
#8
Posted 20 February 2014 - 05:18 AM
#9
Posted 02 March 2014 - 07:04 AM
"Current and former state regulators said the watchdog agency,
once among the most aggressive in the Southeast,
has been transformed under Gov. Pat McCrory into a weak sentry that plays down science,
has abandoned its regulatory role and suffers from politicized decision-making.
Duke has apologized for the spill and says it is now committed to cleaning up
some
of its 32 coal ash ponds across the state."
http://www.nytimes.c...tml?ref=science
Some? What does that mean? Why not all?
And why is the republican party so against clean water and air?
#10
Posted 09 March 2014 - 04:45 AM
But that's what happens when politicians are in bed with these a$$h*les.
I guess there motto is; "Like safe drinking water? Move."
http://www.americanr...drinking-water/
#11
Posted 22 March 2014 - 04:32 AM
these toxic coal ash spills were no accident.
According to duke energy, dumping of toxic waste into rivers and streams is-
"routine maintenance"
This is what happens when politicians are in bed with these giants; they get away with it.
Now, after the fact, they may have to pay some fines.
But the pollution remains, no matter how much "clean-up" occurs.
Salon article via the L.A. Times.
#12
Posted 27 April 2015 - 04:21 AM
money if you're sick all the time?
"The House Energy and Commerce Committee's approval (32-19) last week of this 50-page tweak is a blatant attempt to--
let me introduce a new word to Rep. McKinley's vocabulary--
"gut" the first-ever federal standards for coal ash disposal."
Details via Huffington Post/green-
http://www.huffingto...tm_hp_ref=green
#13
Posted 30 April 2015 - 03:43 PM
. . . 38 quadrillion British thermal units of fuel, (Pollution) out of that,
. . . 18 quadrillion Btus are converted into electricity, but only
. . . 12 quadrillion Btus actually reach customers.
To power the 'Distributed' U.S.A. electricity system, it takes about:
. . . 3 - 5 kW of Free (Non-Pollution)Renewable energy and Storage,
. . . use's zero water.
04-30-2015 Source: Centralized VS Distributed Energy
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#14
Posted 01 May 2015 - 04:15 AM
#15
Posted 01 May 2015 - 07:39 AM
. . . that not only pollutes, but waste's energy, and water,
. . . unlike Distributed' U.S.A. electricity system.
(Which like the cellphone,
. . . also doesn't need poles & wires)
#16
Posted 01 May 2015 - 08:08 AM
Elon Musk said, batteries were a crucial step in revolutionizing the world’s energy system, and
. . . phasing out fossil fuels.
Once we’re able to rely on renewable energy sources for our power consumption,
. . . the top 50% of the dirtiest power generation resources could retire early.
. . . We would have a cleaner, smaller, and more resilient energy grid.
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