Court clash in Vermont might alter balance of power over nuclear plants

By Mark Clayton / MinnPost.com

Court clash in might alter balance of power over nuclear plants

'Green' biomass isn't always so clean

By Ronnie Greene

Toxic plumes spew from an unlikely source: renewable energy plants

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… mulus dollars and big muscle support from members of Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Generating electricity by burning trees, construction …"

"… ’s a huge gold rush,” said Mary Booth, co-founder of the Massachusetts Environmental Energy Alliance. “The 30 percent reimbursement of construction costs i …"

"… eviously served as a state legislator and headed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, had formed a company with a project backer, public records s …"

"… roposed.Critics rally to “debunk biomass”North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League this year launched a multi-state tour to “debunk biomas …"

Coal is back, even as the Obama administration pushes green energy

By Jeremy Borden and Jim Morris

Improving economy requires electricity, so Big Coal is back

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… icism of coal and efforts by the administration to block its expansion.The Environmental Protection Agency, Raulston said, has not allowed new mines to be built …"

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Industry linked to study supporting safety of plastics chemical BPA

By Susanne Rust

New research supporting safety of chemical BPA linked to industry

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… e to date on BPA's effects,” said Pete Myers, CEO and chief scientist of Environmental Health Science, a nonprofit Environmental group based in Charlottes …"

"… s made for children and infants. Canada banned it last year and the German Environmental Agency recommended manufacturers find alternatives to bisphenol A in the …"

"… nd food packaging products was approved Tuesday in the state Legislature's Environmental Safety and Toxic Metals Committee. Yet others have deemed the chemi …"

"… k.Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences are actively investigating the chemical, and will releas …"

After decades, preventable fire hazards persist at Alabama reactor

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Troubles persist at Browns Ferry, catalyst for tougher rules 36 years ago

Report: Generators could fail at U.S. nuclear plants

Report: Generators could fail at U.S. nuclear plants
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EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

Utilities craft plans for safer storage of a toxic coal power byproduct

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… t that flooded Tennessee properties with toxic sludge three years ago. The Environmental Protection Agency this week released the plans, saying they were an impo …"

"… the agency to continue to treat coal ash as a non-hazardous waste product. Environmentalists are concerned the agency is dragging its feet on a decision, and cou …"

Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

The Bay State's toxic legacy

By Beverly Ford

Despite the expenditure of millions in cleanup costs, 25 Massachusetts Superfund sites are still a toxic mess

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environment":

"… inated despite a $21 million cleanup effort. And no one, not even the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which monitors the site as part of the federal Superfu …"

"… 5,000 polluted sites currently listed with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and 40,000 others already cleaned up by that agency since 198 …"

"… son, legal counsel and program director for Alternatives for Community and Environment, said of the many contaminated sites that dot the Massachusetts landscape. …"

"… ew York’s Love Canal, Superfund, — formally known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act – is today comprised of more …"

Communities at risk from oil refineries that use toxic chemical

By Kimberly Leonard

Our interactive map shows areas that lie in the path of a potential HF chemical release

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