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EPA To Reduce New Power Plants' Carbon Pollution

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Power Plant Regulations, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Epa Power Plant Regulations, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Epa, Coal, Epa Regulations, Coal-Fired Plants, Epa Carbon Regulations, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignor...

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Pro-life Argument Deserves Hearing in Mercury Ruling

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mercury Pollution, Religion, Pro-Life, Faith, Mercury Standard, Pro-Choice, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Epa, Religion News

I believe Jesus wants a world where people of all faiths use their talents so we have clean water, unpolluted air, and fish we can eat.

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Mercury Isn't Just a Hazard for Young Children, It's a Health Risk for Adults Too

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Coal-Fired Power Plants, Fish, Epa, Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Fertility, Memory Loss, Mercury Poisoning, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Developmental Delays, Green News

Mercury is most commonly recognized as a developmental toxin, threatening to young children and fetuses as they develop their nervous system. But mercury is also a danger for adults.

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Environmental Groups Plan To Sue Pennsylvania Coal Plant Again

AP | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sierraclub, Homer City Generating Station Lawsuit, Video, Earthjustice, Epa Coal, Coal Industry, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Power Plant Rules, Environment, Coal Power Plants, Coal, Green News

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A coalition of environmental and community groups say they plan to file a new lawsuit against an Edison Mission Energy power plant...

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WATCH: 16 Greenpeace Protesters Arrested While Occupying Coal Plant

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Energy, Video, Greenpeace Progress Asheville Power, Greenpeace Duke Energy, Coal-Fired Power Plants, North Carolina Coal, Coal Power Plants, Greenpeace, Coal, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News

Protesters from Greenpeace demonstrated against "the destruction and pollution caused by coal" at a North Carolina power plant on Monday, according to...

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Will U.S. Carbon Rules 'Send The Message That Coal Is Dead'?

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Coal Plants, Co2 Emissions, Video, Coal Fired Power Plants, Carbon Emissions, US Carbon Emissions, Reuters, Carbon Emission Standards, Co2 Emission Standards, Coal Plant Rules, Green News

* Proposed rules on new plants expected this month * Could push carbon capture, other ways to cut emissions By Timothy Gardner and Valerie...

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Obama Administration Announces Standards to Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury and Other Pollutants

Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Dirty Coal, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Mercury, Asthma, Power Plants, Heart Disease, Air Pollution, Coal, Children's Health, Developmental Delays, Green News

Today, President Obama announced new standards to reduce mercury, lead, and other dangerous pollution from power plants. Now dirty coal-fired plants that fought standards for decades will finally have to clean up their act.

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Coal Plant Closures To Cost Jobs, Clean Up Environment

AP | By VICKI SMITH and LARRY O'DELL | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Energy, Coal Plants, Video, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Plant Closures, Glen Lyn Virginia, Coal Environment, Giles County, Coal Plants Epa, Coal Epa, Green News

-- For more than 90 years, the coal-fired power plant in Glen Lyn, Va., has been churning out electricity and contributing to local prosperity. Of la...

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EPA Rules To Force Some Of Oldest And Dirtiest Coal Plants To Shut Down, Study Finds

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close becau...

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Why the EPA's Forthcoming Power Plant Rule Is a Big Deal

Corbin Hiar | Posted 02.15.2012

It's an important moment for Americans who eat fish or use electricity. After more than two decades of delays, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is poised to issue a new regulation restricting some power plant emissions that have polluted the nation's air and water.

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WATCH: College Students Nationwide Speak Out Against Coal

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Video, Student Activism, Power Shift, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Industry, Beyond Coal Campaign, Student Protests Coal, Beyond Coal Protests, Coal, Coal Mining, Green News

Last month, students from colleges and universities across the country became a part of the Sierra Club's ongoing Beyond Coal campaign. Student act...

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PHOTOS: Disturbing Ad Campaign Suggests Power Plants Could Threaten Pregnancies

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Video, American Lung Association, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Pregnancy Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Beyond Coal Campaign, The Sierra Club, Mercury Poisoning, Sierra Club Mercury, Sierra Club Ad Campaign, Green News

Disturbing images of pregnant bellies confronted commuters in Washington, DC this week. The threat of mercury pollution from coal-fired power plan...

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Congress Attacks Breathtaking

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Gray Is Green, Respiratory Disorders, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Asthma, Mercury, Coal Ash, 112th Congress, TRAIN Act, Henry Waxman, Cement Kilns, Clean Air Act, Green News

We cannot wait until the next election. Attacks on our health and environmental safeguards are happening now.

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Fed Up With Wall Street's Greed? Time to Put Bank of America on Notice

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Foreclosures, Bank of America, Not One More Dollar Pledge, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Bofa, Occupy Wall Street, Coal, Boa, Coal Mining, Green News

The Rainforest Action Network has been campaigning to get the big Wall Street banks to quit funding coal and driving climate change for years now. So it may seem, on the face of it, like the Occupy Wall Street fight is not quite the same as our fight. But it really is.

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EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Raising Concerns Over Climate Change And Public Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Jobs Crisis, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Greenhouse Gases, Epa, Public Health, Climate Change, Video, Green News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement yesterday that it will miss a Sept. 30 deadline for issuing new rules on greenhouse gas emissi...

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WATCH: Breakdancers Protest Coal Across NYC

Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Energy, Video, Nyc, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Breakdancing, Protest, Coal, New York City, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News

Across New York City, a mob of breakdancers recently took to the streets to tell the city that it needs to move "beyond coal." The dancers, who wor...

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Responding to the EPA Naysayers

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Koch Brothers, Texas and Pollution, Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, Green News Report, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Clean Air Act, Epa, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Climate Chanage, Clean Air Interstate Rule, EPA Bashing, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Green News, Asthma, Gov. Rick Perry, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News

I reached out to Schakowsky with questions about disinformation on regulation, GOP rhetoric on energy, Gov. Perry's vilification of the EPA, and her commitment to the environment. It was just what the doctor ordered.

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EPA Postpones Public Health Protections, Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Smog, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Epa, Environment, Asthma, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Ozone, Clean Air Act, Green News

On July 11, just days before a record heat wave steamrolled through Washington, D.C., triggering "Code Orange" and "Code Red" smog alerts, the White H...

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Michele Bachmann, Eric Cantor Part Of 'Dirty Money Team'

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Energy, Congress, Cantor Coal, Michele Bachmann, Greenpeace Dirty Money, Dirty Money Congress, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Dirty Money, Slidepollajax, Dirty Money Team, Congress Coal-Fired Power Plants, Greenpeace Congress, Bachmann Coal, Congress Coal, Eric Cantor, Video, Green News

Greenpeace has released a new report naming the 15 members of Congress who the organization believes have undermined their voters' health by supportin...

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PHOTOS: Disturbing Anti-Coal Plant Ads Take Over D.C. Metro Station

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Coal Plants, Energy, Sierra Club Coal-Fired Power Plants, Air Pollution Health, Health Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Health, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Plants Health, Coal Power Plants, Sierra Club Coal, Green News

Commuters probably weren't expecting this on their way to work in the morning. But beginning July 12th, the Sierra Club took over all of the ad space ...

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Clean Air: You Have to Be In It to Win It

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Green Activism, Children?S Environmental Health Network, Renewable Energy, Impact, The Sunlight Foundation, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Epa, Soylent Green, Environmental Justice, Impact News, Mercury Toxins, American Electric Power, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Moms Clean Air Force, Asthma, American Academy of Pediatrics, Air Toxins, New York Times, Respiratory Illness, American Lung Society, Mae Jemison, Environmental Protection Agency, Advocacy, Impact News

Advocating for what you believe in is a lot of work, but getting what you don't want is much worse. Don't leave the heavy lifting to others.

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Environmental Toxins: What Your Doctor's Not Telling You

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Personal Health, Health, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Public Health, Environment, Silent Spring, Cancer, Nuclear Accidents, Home News

The link between a bad habit like smoking and health is linear, and a very easy one for doctors and other medical professionals to discuss with their patients who smoke. The individual risk of exposure to environmental toxins is much harder to pinpoint.

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Air Pollution From Power Plants Kills 13,000 People Per Year

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Coal Fired Power Plants, Coal Health, Power Plant Health, Health, Health Effects of Coal, Coal Power Plants, Power Plant Air Pollution, Coal Kills, US News, Green News

The American Lung Association (ALA) recently released a new report on the dramatic health hazards surrounding coal-fired power plants. The report,...

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A Republican Rampage

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Industry, Carbon Emissions, John Boehner, Epa, Clean Water Act, Coal-Fired-Power-Plants, House Budget, Air Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Arctic, Green News

The GOP has launched an assault on public health, clean air, fresh water, and wildlife. This attack on our environment won't take a nibble out of our deficit, but it will take the teeth out of needed protections.

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Weekly Mulch: Chevron Must Pay; GOP Tries to Gut the EPA

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger A Bolivian judge ordered Chevron this week to pay $8.6 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon rainfor...

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