epa.gov - 6/29/2009
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EPA530-F-09-006 June 2009 Over the past several months, EPA has undertaken a concerted effort to identify and to assess the structural integrity of impoundments, dams, or other management units, within the electric power generating industry, holding wet-handled coal combustion residues or CCRs. ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 6/25/2009
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
Our guest blogger is Daniel J. Weiss, a
Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at...
the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The main argument conservatives and big oil and coal companies use against the American Clean Energy and ...
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EPA: Waxman-Markey Will Lower Electricity Bills
epa.gov - 6/25/2009
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epa.gov —
Download EPA memo, ' Ways in Which Revisions
to the American Clean Energy and Security Act Change...
the Projected Economic Impacts of the Bill ' (PDF) (2 pp, 21KB, About PDF ) Download the Executive Summary: Executive Summary (PDF) (9 pp, 79 KB, About ...
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Economic Analyses | Climate Change - Climate Economics | ...
climateprogress.org - 6/25/2009
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climateprogress.org —
The EPA has posted its detailed analysis of
the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454)...
here . The bottom line is that the total cost to consumers is low, just as CBO found — just as all major independent analyses of even strong ...
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New EPA analysis of Waxman-Markey: Consumer electric ...
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EPA relents, discloses list of high-risk coal ash sites
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... we all learned from the TVA coal ash spill is that a close look at these waste sites is extremely important," she said in a statement. The December spill in Kingston flooded 300 acres and released coal ash into the Emory and Clinch rivers in Tennessee . No one was killed, but homes and other property were damaged. The TVA estimated cleanup costs at up to $825 million . ON THE WEB The EPA site list MORE FROM MCCLATCHY ...
EPA Discloses Location of 44 Hazardous Coal Ash Sites
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... 9 (Cochise, Joseph City). -Kentucky, 7 (Louisa, Harrodsburg, Ghent and Louisville). -Ohio, 6 (Waterford, Brilliant and Cheshire). -West Virginia, 4 (Willow Island, St. Albans, Moundsville, New Haven). -Illiniois, 2 (Havana, Alton). -Indiana, 1 (Lawrenceburg). -Pennsylvania, 1 (Shippingport). -Georgia, 1 (Milledgeville). -Montana, 1 (Colstrip).
The EPA wants the public to know that it is in the process of inspecting all of the sites.
"The high hazard potential means there will be probable loss ...
EPA Releases Locations of 44 “High Risk” Coal Ash Sites
It's Getting Hot In Here —
... Yesterday, the EPA performed a turn-around on its protection of the locations of 44 “high risk” coal ash impoundment sites, signaling a desire to make the regulatory body more transparent. Formerly protected under the auspices of national security, the ash impoundments, located in Ohio, Arizona, and throughout the southeast, have been determined to be particularly vulnerable to failure. In a time where the future of American energy remains stuck between antiquated fossil fuels and cleaner, renewable technology, concerns over proper disposal of coal ash has risen to the top of ...
EPA Reveals Locations of 44 Potentially Deadly Coal Ash Dumps
TreeHugger —
... hazard potential” list discharge into Mountain Island Lake, the primary source of drinking water for 750,000 people in the Charlotte area. The "list identifies disposal sites in 10 states, including 12 in North Carolina, 9 in Arizona and 7 in Kentucky." So even if the list omits important information, is questionably composed, and generally incomplete, it's probably best to check to make sure there's not a high hazard potential ash resevoir in your backyard--do a quick scan of the EPA's list . More on Coal Ash Spills ...
Hazardous Coal Ash Sites Made Public
unEARTHED: the Earthjustice Blog —
... It appears the old maxim "ask and you shall receive" is alive and well.
On June 18, a coalition of environmental groups, including Earthjustice, filed a Freedom of Information Act request asking the Environmental Protection Agency to make public a list of "high hazard" coal ash disposal sites across the country.
Eleven days later, we had the information in hand. The 44 sites were spread across 10 states as follows:
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