By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Seeking to show that proposed new U.S. coal plants would exact a high environmental toll even beyond their carbon air pollution, the Natural Resources Defense Council issued a list today of the states that would bear the greatest burden from coal waste.
Texas, with eight proposed plants, topped the NRDC’s “Filthy 15″ list. It was followed by South Dakota, Florida, Nevada and Montana, Illinois, South Carolina, Ohio, Wyoming, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri , Wisconsin, Georgia and West Virginia.
Those states have 54 proposed coal plants awaiting permitting. Across the nation, there are 80 proposed plants that would dump an estimated 18 million tons of dangerous coal combustion waste annually into various dump sites, largely unmonitored by the federal government.
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March 12th, 2009
Here is the Natural Resources Defense Council’s list of the 15 states that would be the biggest polluters — the “Filthy 15” — based on their total of 54 planned coal plants that create nearly 14 million tons of dangerous waste (state; number of proposed plants; estimated coal ash waste in tons):
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February 8th, 2009
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
What motivates people to recycle? Well, there’s altruism. There’s peer-pressure. And there’s payback.
We all win when waste is diverted from the landfill. Cities save money (usually). Land is preserved. But these rewards, while tangible, are less visible. When was the last time you reviewed your city budget line items?
It’s the [...]
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