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Records show Indiana with most toxic coal ash
Associated Press WriterMillions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has done nothing about. An Associated Press analysis of the most recent...Tags: Energy, Standards, Litigation and Regulation, North Carolina, Alabama
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TVA: Leaky pipe to blame for spill at coal-burning power plant in northeastern Alabama
Associated Press WriterSTEVENSON, Ala. (AP) — A retention pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-burning power plant leaked waste into a northeast Alabama creek Friday, putting more pressure on utility officials who are already trying to clean up a major coal ash spill...Tags: Water, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Environmental Politics, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Nearly 20 million tons of coal ash stored in ponds with no federal oversight
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has done nothing about. An Associated Press...Tags: Energy, Standards, Litigation and Regulation, North Carolina, Alabama
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Recession resistant coal industry cuts back
AP Business WriterThe ailing economy has left a big question mark hanging over the U.S. coal industry: will last year's high-priced contracts and today's declining costs be enough to offset rapidly falling world demand this year? Already, mine operators have scaled...Tags: Peabody Energy Corporation, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Wyoming, Massey Energy Company, Mining
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Demand for coal in decline
The Associated PressThe ailing economy has left a big question mark hanging over the U.S. coal industry: Will last year's high-priced contracts and today's declining costs be enough to offset rapidly falling world demand this year? Already, mine operators have scaled back...Tags: Peabody Energy Corporation, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Wyoming, Massey Energy Company, Mining
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US mine deaths fall to record low of 51 in 2008; Ky. leads nation in most fatalities with 9
Associated Press WriterFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell to 51 in 2008, the fewest number of deaths since officials began keeping records nearly a century ago, according to preliminary data released by federal...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Pennsylvania, Government, Phil Smith, Industrial Accidents
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Senators call for stronger standards for toxic coal ash after Tennessee spill
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats said Thursday they want stricter rules for toxic ash from coal-fired power plants following a massive spill in Tennessee that has threatened drinking water and caused health fears. Officials from the Tennessee...Tags: Environmental Politics, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tennessee, Government
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Coal industry digs, cuts back, to weather a nasty recession
AP Business WriterCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ailing economy has left a big question mark hanging over the U.S. coal industry: will last year's high-priced contracts and today's declining costs be enough to offset rapidly falling world demand this year? Already,...Tags: Peabody Energy Corporation, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Wyoming, Massey Energy Company, Mining
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A new year - out of the ashes of the old
baltimoresun.comSo 2009 is here already, with the promise of lots of news for the bay and the environment. I'm back to cover it, after an unexpectedly long hiatus. What had been planned as a weeklong break over the holidays suddenly became two with a back injury, which... -
Coal ash sludge ponds in use at some Illinois power plants
Tribune reporterMore than a dozen Illinois power plants store toxic coal ash in sludge ponds similar to the one that burst and spread contaminated muck over 300 acres of eastern Tennessee last month, according to a Tribune review of federal records. The sludge dumps,...Tags: Wisconsin, O'Hare International Airport, Electricity Production and Distribution, Litigation and Regulation, Alabama
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Granholm facing pressure to stop new coal plants
Associated Press WriterRetired second-grade teacher Jean Veselenak drove four hours to tell state regulators what she fears would happen if a new coal-fired power plant is built in her community along Lake Huron in northern Michigan. She believes the environment would be...Tags: Executive Branch, Electricity Production and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Government, Bars and Clubs
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Energy nominee leaves Durbin hopeful on FutureGen
Associated Press WriterMembers of Illinois' congressional delegation left a meeting Wednesday with President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary encouraged that an experimental coal-fired power plant once planned for Illinois could be revived. Sen. Dick Durbin...Tags: Steven Chu, Plant Openings, Judy Biggert, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, Electricity Production and Distribution
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