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New Analysis Ranks "Filthy 15" States by Coal Ash Produced by Proposed Plants WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Proposed coal plants across the United States would produce nearly 18 million tons of dangerous waste, including toxic metals, each year. Nearly 130 million tons of coal waste from existing plants is being produced annually, most of which is disposed of in largely unregulated landfills, ponds and other locations, posing serious public health and environmental...
New Push Comes Nearly 5 Years After 125 Groups Pressed EPA to Prevent Kingston-Like Catastrophe; Groups Seek End to Wet Dumping of Coal Ash WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 100 leading national and grassroots environmental organizations -- including Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace, National Wildlife Federation, Public Citizen, Environment America and the Clean Air Task Force -- today joined...
BERLIN and WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Nature & More and Soil & More at the Product Carbon Footprint Summit in Berlin Practitioners and experts in product CO2 balancing met on 26 and 27 February in Berlin to discuss concrete possibilities for climate protection by business enterprises. "...for the first time, all the relevant international participants in the field of 'Product Carbon Footprinting' (PCF) are [coming] together for the first summit...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Standards, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise carbon management and sustainability solutions, today announced the availability of "Carbon Tracker," a GPS-enabled carbon footprint application for the iPhone (http://www.clearstandards.com/carbontracker). Available for free download at the iPhone App Store, the initial version of Carbon Tracker enables users to easily calculate the carbon footprint from daily commuting, vacations, or business...
A massive supercomputer intended to gauge the affect of climate change in the UK, will ironically be a huge emitter of greenhouse gases. The Met Office's new IBM supercomputer, which cost more than $46 million, is expected to begin operations later this year. It will emit an estimated 14,000 tons of CO2 each year, according to Dave Britton, the Met Office's chief press officer. It will be the second most powerful machine in Britain, with the ability to perform 125 trillion calculations per...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Next week scores of celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Sting, and Steven Spielberg are all expected to flock to the nation's capitol, many by private jets, to the historic inauguration of Barack Obama. The swearing-in extravaganza will surely be the largest yet and is seeing ballooning costs and a major environmental footprint. In a report released today, the Institute for Liberty (IFL) utilizes data from federal agencies,...
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- We hear it everywhere: "What is your carbon footprint?" But what exactly is a carbon footprint, and how can you reduce yours? It isn't all that complicated, and all it takes is a little thought and planning to bring it down. Listen to this report from Siemens (NYSE: SI) at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=36160 Registered journalists can access video, audio, text, graphics and photos for free and unrestricted use at http://www.mediaseed.tv....
Some 1,300 dumps like the coal ash pond that sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 Tennessee acres exist in the United States, an analysis finds. Like the one in Kingston, Tenn., most are subject to no federal regulation, and few have state oversight, even though they contain heavy metals including arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium, which are considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to threaten water supplies and human health, the analysis concluded. Some...
An environmental group found polluted river water near a huge coal ash spill in Tennessee. Testing found elevated levels of pollutants such as mercury and lead."We're concerned that the water poses a greater risk to residents in the area than has been revealed so far," said Matt Wasson, a program director at Appalachian Voices. Wasson's environmental group coordinated the testing of the water with scientists from Appalachian State University.On December 22nd, an earthen dike...
Residents of Kingston, Tenn., say they are concerned about a potentially toxic coal ash spill being debated by environmentalists and officials. With federal and state officials offering limited information regarding the possible toxicity of the spill caused by a dam break this week, Kingston area residents are becoming increasingly frustrated, The New York Times said Thursday. They're giving their apologies, which don't mean very much, waitress Holly Schean said. I don't need your apologies....
