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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier GeoSciences, a nationally recognized environmental analytical laboratory, recently announced it has been awarded yet another accreditation from the ... Source: www.hudsonstarobserver.com --- 15 days ago
Wisconsin News Wisconsin lawmakers are trying to change a plan which forces utilities to reduce Mercury Emissions. Advertisement: TR's HOME ENHANCEMENT 10% off tile installation Print coupon to receive this deal! TR's Home Enhancement, Prescott, Wis. - 715-222-9709 ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 1 day ago
Cut Mercury Emissions 90% by 2015 , says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. One has to wonder what some Assembly Republicans were thinking last month when they voted along party lines to try to block a new rule on ... ... Source: news.search.yahoo.com --- 18 days ago
MADISON, Wis. -- State lawmakers will review Wisconsin's new Mercury emission rules this week. The rules call for Wisconsin utilities to slash Emissions by 90 percent over the next decade. ...
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Wisconsin pollution officials are defending a plan to force utilities to dramatically reduce their Mercury Emissions. ... Source: blogs.jsonline.com --- 15 days ago
The Rundown is a weekday synopsis of news involving politics and government from the pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, as well as headlines of note from elsewhere. Five Wisconsin school districts may sue over investment advice they took in a complex financial deal called a collateralized debt obligation. The value of their investments has fallen by about $120 million within the last two years. State Assembly Republicans don't like state Department of Natural Resources rules to cut Mercury pollution Emissions, but don't have the clout to block them outright. The Legislature's committee that oversees rules developed by agencies is split between Democrats and Republicans, and Democrats think the rules are just fine. Milwaukee's top election official refers 32 more cases of potential voter fraud to prosecutors, bringing the total number of cases to 39. The actions bring new calls from state Republican Party officials for tougher ballot-box protections, including requiring voters to show a photo ID. Milwaukee's Kinnickinnic River will get a $24.4-million cleanup , Gov. Jim Doyle announced. About 170,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments will be removed from a 2,000-foot section of the waterway, which is the most urbanized river in Wisconsin. "Wisconsin has lost its way." That's how outgoing UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley begins a Madison Magazine narrative in which he also flogs the state's largest business group, Wiscons ... Source: blogs.jsonline.com --- 16 days ago
As you may have heard, Wisconsin is about to impose notably stringent mandates for reducing Mercury: The Department of Natural Resources is going to require utilities to cut their Mercury Emissions by 90% over the next few years. Utilities were already under a federal mandate to cut Mercury by 70%, and they were under the impression that the state Mercury standards were going to be the same. The DNR standard was, in fact, just that, but Gov. Jim Doyle, running for re-election in 2006, ordered the DNR to make it 90% instead. Environmentalists lauded this, on the rational grounds that any Mercury is bad Mercury, while utilities pointed out that getting a 90% reduction is much costlier and of dubious feasibility . Besides, they pointed out , the EPA's research found little added benefit from a 90% cut compared to a 70% one, while it adds a lot of cost. How much? Unclear: The DNR came up with a figure -- 65 to 75 cents per kilowatt-hour in added costs for electricity, but the state's major business group says the number is a lowball. A coalition of nine business groups in fact sued the DNR, saying the agency's estimate of what the tighter standard would cost Wisconsinites was illegally scant . A Dane County judge disagreed, but the links tell you why businesses are worked up about the rule: They're saying Doyle's added stringency has little or no benefit for what probably will be a lot of added cost, and that the state has been neglig ...
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Environmentalists say state-owned utility Santee Cooper could further reduce Mercury Emissions at its proposed $1.25 billion, coal-fired plant in Florence County. Two environmental groups - the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Coastal Conservation League - and a local physician are challenging the company's contention that its Pee Dee Energy Campus in the northeastern part of the state will be among the cleanest plants in operation. The Department of Health and Environmental Control is holding a public hearing on the proposal Tuesday in Pamplico. Santee Cooper says it has cut planned Mercury Emissions to 57 pounds a year per 600-megawatt generator. The company wants to build two generators along the Pee Dee River to meet increasing demand for power. "We would argue that there is no such thing as clean coal," said Nancy Cave, director of the Coastal Conservation League's north coast office. But "there are technologies that would clean more Mercury." The league and the Southern Environmental Law Center say one new plant proposed in Virginia will emit just four pounds of Mercury a year when it goes online in 2012. Dan Genest, spokesman for Dominion Virginia Power, said the 585-megawatt plant uses technology that burns coal more cleanly in the first place, meaning there's less Mercury to filter from Emissions. The company also plans to use a scrubber and several other methods to release less Mercury into the air. Blan Holman ... Source: www.ingentaconnect.com --- 49 days ago
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clipped by: merrie clipper's remarks: the world continues to cool. That is leading to increasing scepticism that the call to sacrifice living standards in order to "save the planet" is just political spin designed to persuade the public to accept green taxes." Syun-Ichi Akasofu "There are so many times the Earth was warmer than now, or colder than now. We are not affecting the climate change." Lord Nigel Lawson The consensus is breaking down because no matter how much the global warming agenda-setters may want us to be, people are not sheep, to be led around and told what to think and what to say. You can only lie to us for so long before the truth exposes your movement for what it is; a dogma based on faulty science and ulterior motives. We've heard prediction after prediction after prediction about how the polar ice caps were absolutely inevitably going to melt away into nothingness this summer. Of course, they haven't. Not even close. You'd think that would put some humility into these Chicken Littles. Clip Source: app.e2ma.net Professor Kunihiko Takeda "Global warming has nothing to do with how much CO2 is produced or what we do here on Earth. For millions of years, solar activity has been controlling temperatures on Earth and even now, the sun controls how high the Mercury goes. CO2 Emissions make absolutely no difference one way or another. Soon it will cool down anyhow, once again, regardless of what we do. Every scientist k ... Source: feeds.treehugger.com --- 50 days ago
Scientists from the New York City-based Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) have studied the positive effects on children of shutting down a coal fired electricity plant in China. Results were published in a peer reviewed journal: Environmental Health Perspectives. Children born after the closure of a coal-burning plant in China had 60 percent fewer developmental problems, a study released Monday suggests, giving ammunition to those who argue the country should embrace cleaner sources of energy. Here's the remarkable part. No mention was made in either MSNBC or the si... ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 22 days ago
The Sierra Club wants a hank of your hair. Especially if you are a woman of child-bearing age. And eat a lot of fish. Club members will have a booth near the Woodland Art Fair Sunday to collect hair for Mercury testing. Why Mercury? It can cause nerve and brain damage in children under 6. It also can be passed from expectant mothers to unborn children, and to infants through breast milk. Hair can contain traces of Mercury that is excreted from the body. One way Mercury gets into the body is from eating certain kinds of large fish. One way it gets into fish is from man-made pollution, including Emissions from coal-fired power plants. ... Source: www.gizmag.com --- 17 days ago
Two new 19” LCD monitors from BenQ replace the traditional four-lamp apparatus with two without affecting the brightness of the monitor screen. The energy saving technology used in the E900HD and G900HDA allows users to cut down power consumption by 25%, decrease carbon dioxide Emissions by 25% and cut Mercury Emissions by 50%... Tags: BenQ , Environmental Related Articles: BenQ FP241W - the world's first HDMI LCD Delta's new energy efficient, high brightness LED lamps BenQ's tiny 300mini digital camera Matrox DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go now Mac compatible ReLED Systems offer LED replacement for fluorescent tubes Concept phones feature in iF Design Awards ... Source: www.jacksonville.com --- 43 days ago
A collection of environmental groups warned Wednesday that airborne Mercury released from cement factories poses unrecognized risks in states with Mercury-rich rivers, such as Florida. ... Source: www.grist.org --- 28 days ago
Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions designed to limit the environmental impacts of the plants. In Texas, power company NRG reached an agreement with Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and the Environmental Defense Fund that requires the company to offset or sequester half of its carbon dioxide Emissions until federal climate legislation is passed; cap the levels of Mercury, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide the facility can emit; reduce the coal plant's use of water by over half, as well as other measures. In Wisconsin, the Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin dropped their legal challenges to a coal-fired power plant's expansion in exchange for utility We Energies agreeing to retire two older coal plants in Michigan by 2012 and agreeing to support legislation increasing Wisconsin's renewable-energy standard to 25 percent by 2025. "We've been fighting for more than seven years ... It's time to put this [plant] behind us and focus on the other ones that are in the pipeline," said Bruce Nilles of the Sierra Club. sources: Reuters , Environmental Defense Fund see also, in Grist: Coal-bashing is hot new trend in Congress, science circles, and business world see also, in Gristmill: King Coal's year of rejection by banks, judges, and a lot of other folks ... Source: www.environmentaldefense.org --- 30 days ago
HOUSTON, TX; August 4, 2008 —NRG Texas LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has reached agreements with the Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition (TCACC) and Environmental Defense Fund in which Environmental Defense Fund and TCACC have agreed to drop their opposition to the Limestone 3 permit application in response to a number of innovative commitments related to Emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and Mercury (Hg), and to other environmental issues including reductions in water usage. Both TCACC and Environmental Defense Fund initially announced their intention to intervene in and oppose NRG’s permit application to add a third unit to Limestone Station. However, after several months of working together and discussing ways to meet Texas’ demand for electricity in a manner that would minimize adverse environmental impacts, these agreements were reached. “This agreement presents an excellent opportunity for emission reductions, beyond that which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) would have required,” said Linda Koop, Dallas City Council Member and Chair of the TCACC. “The greenhouse gas reductions—50%—are particularly significant because the TCEQ does not consider carbon dioxide a pollutant and does not regulate or restrict carbon Emissions.” “We applaud NRG committing to offset a significant part of its CO 2 Emissions from the Limestone ... Source: www.statesman.com --- 29 days ago
Just wanted to draw your attention to a ground-breaking agreement between Environmental Defense Fund and NRG utility . Under the agreement, which Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition also supported, the environmental group will back off opposition to a new coal-fired power plant in Robertson County. The utility says it will capture or offset 50 percent of its carbon dioxide Emissions, not increase nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and Mercury Emissions at the plant site (there are already two coal-fired units on the site), cut water use and pay for the development of a utility-scale solar energy project. “With its commitment to undertake a utility-scale solar project in Texas, either on its own or with other electric generators, NRG can help lower the cost of this emerging and abundant clean energy resource and continue their efforts to advance technologies to reverse the threat of global warming,” Jim Marston, the head of the Austin office of Environmental Defense Fund, said in a statement. Dallas had a good story about the agreement earlier this week. But some environmental groups are still fighting the permit, including Public Citizen and Sierra Club. “Fundamentally we think the battle over global warming requires us not to accept coal plants that use sequestration or better technology,” Tom Smith, the head of the Austin office of Public Citizen, told me. What do you think of an agreement like this? Are you in favor of cutting a deal w ...
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FoMoCo's flagship Lincoln brand recently announced plans to produce a large soft-roader, dubbed MKT, for the 2009 calendar year. You can call MKT whatever you want- crossover, people mover, glorified wagon - just don't dare utter the SUV acronym. Hell, Mercedes classifies their similarly intentioned R-Class as a GST, or Grand Sports Tourer. With automakers striving to lower Emissions and up the MPG anty, gas guzzling truck-based product connotations are the equivalent of Kevin Bacon's outlandish Rock music in Footloose . So yes, MKT will utilize a car platform currently used by the likes of Ford Taurus, Lincoln MKS and sister vehicle/bread box Ford Flex. Considering the historically incestuous styling relationship between Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that MKT won't be a Flex clone with a chrome star adorning the grille. In fact, MKT will bear resemblance to performance sedan sibling MKS and the MKT concept vehicle first shown at the Detroit Auto Show in January. "Embracing the same spirit as the concept, the Lincoln MKT's design represents harmony in motion, balancing sculptured shapes and contours traditionally associated with beautiful cars on a crossover vehicle that offers the luxury of space and efficient, powerful performance," said Peter Horbury, Ford's executive director of Design for The Americas. Navigator sales ain't what they used to be, so a more fuel efficient [sister veh ...
North country wind farm • click to embiggen On the way to yesterday's golf outing, I stopped to picture one of the many wind farms that are springing up just outside of the northern boundary of the Adirondack Park. This area, the St. Lawrence River / Seaway basin/plains, is a natural wind tunnel of sorts. There is also an abundance of open land. From the number of wind farms under construction and projected in the area, it seems that the companies who build these things think that it is a prime location for wind generated power. I will admit that I have not studied every facet, pro and con, regarding wind farms but I will also admit to having a gut level like for the things. I tend to think that would be the case even if one were to spring up in "backyard". Obviously, many see these farms as eyesores. I personally consider them to be a lovely vision - to mix a metaphor, they are music to my eyes - because of what they portend - clean, renewable energy. You have to understand that I come from this viewpoint for the simple reason that coal-burning energy plants (although not relevant to wind farms, don't forget auto Emissions) in the Midwest are literally destroying the ecosystem here in the Adirondacks. Acid rain and Mercury pollution are just a few of the delights that land on Adirondack flora and fauna everyday. And, even though I take a relatively strong anti-cell tower position for the Adirondacks (they are few and far between and ...
At a press event in Portland, Oregon, Dan Kapp, Ford’s director of powertrain research, said that the company has plans to become the number-one hybrid producer in the country next year. By adding hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan to the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids already on the market, Ford will double the number of its hybrids on the road. Kapp laid out Ford’s long-term strategy, from today to 2050. The company plans to migrate its advanced fuel-saving technologies, like hybrid systems and the new EcoBoost engine, across the product line by 2012, so at least a few Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles will get a little better gas mileage. By 2020, Kapp said Ford will fully implement current technology and begin to delve into more gasoline-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and more. After that, the plan is to roll out hydrogen fuel-cell cars, biofuel-powered vehicles, and whatever other new technologies have developed by then. Kapp was eager to point out the advantages of Ford’s new EcoBoost engine, which uses gasoline direct injection and turbocharging to raise fuel efficiency by as much as 20% and lower tailpipe Emissions by as much as 15%. The physically smaller engine will be able to deliver the same or greater power as traditional Ford engines, and will be available first in the 2009 Lincoln MKS sedan. Kapp pointed out that while Ford was not pursuing hydrogen-powered cars as quickly as Honda, ...