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Beware the 'Hidden' Costs of Dirty Fuels

Rob Perks | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Power Plants, Power, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Green News
Rob Perks

A new study found coal to be the costliest of all fossil fuels -- to the tune of $62 billion a year. Indeed, the damage caused by the nation's 406 coal-fired plants is far worse than any other energy source.

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Power Plants Don't Have to Suck (Literally)

Steve Fleischli | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Closed Cycle Cooling, Once-Through Cooling, Epa, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Power Plants, Obama Administration, Lake Erie, California, Lakes, Rivers, Cooling Water Intake, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Electric Utilities, Fisheries, Estuaries, Riverkeeper, Green News
Steve Fleischli

Collectively, the power industry sucks in approximately 80 trillion gallons of water annually to cool their equipment. In the process, they kill on a massive scale fish, larvae and other aquatic organisms.

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EPA Seeks New Restrictions On Power Plants Discharging Toxic Sludge

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Epa Smokestack Pollution, Epa, Power Plants, Epa Power Plants, Epa Regulations, Green News

Faced with new evidence that utilities across the country are dumping toxic sludge into waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to im...

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My Letter to the Other Santa Claus

Javier Sierra | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Appalachia, Clean Slate, Solar Energy, Sierra Club, Wind Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Santa Claus, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Environment, Obama Transition, Obama, Geothermal Energy, Clean Energy, Hispanics, Green Energy, Power Plants, Coal, Global Warming, Sustainability, Green News
Javier Sierra

Dear President-Elect Obama: The legacy that awaits you under the White House chimney resembles more a lump of coal than a welcome present, which leads me to my first wish for you.

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Trash Power: Dumping Energy Into A Grid Near You

Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Trash Power, Electricity, Alternative Energy, Methane Capturing, Renewable Energy, Gasification, Power Plants, Green News

Even zero-waste events produce... waste. Maybe it's composted, maybe it's recycled, but it has to go somewhere. But, let's say your party wasn't a zer...

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Energy And Power: Cogeneration, Hybrid Cars And Power Plants

E/The Environmental Magazine Via The Daily Green | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Innovation, Renewable Energy, Power, Cogeneration, Power Plants, Cars, Green News

Cogeneration -- also known as combined heat and power, distributed generation, or recycled energy -- is the simultaneous production of two or more for...

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Utilities Vulnerable To Internet Attack Through Security Software Hole

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Utilities, Power Plants, Water Treatment Stations, Internet Attack, Utilities Internet Attack, Utilities Vulnerable To, Home News

SAN FRANCISCO — Attackers could gain control of water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines and other critical utilities because of a vulnerab...

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The Real Cost Of Saving The Planet

BusinessWeek | John Carey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Carbon Dioxide, Power Plants, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Joe Lieberman, Gas Emissions, John Warner, Business News

On Dec. 5, the U.S. Senate will begin marking up a bill that would, for the first time, put mandatory limits on the gas emissions that are warming the...

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