May 21, 2009 Data provided to the U.S. EPA reveal that high levels of arsenic and selenium are being discharged from scrubber sludge and coal ash ponds at coal-fired power…
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May 07, 2009 An EPA risk assessment documents excess cancer risks of up to 1 in 50 for residents living near unlined ash ponds. The study also shows risks to…
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Apr 6, 2009 Due in part to the recent economic slowdown and milder-than-usual weather, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from U.S. power plants dropped approximately 3 percent in 2008, tempering a…
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Mar 31, 2009 TVA's power plants in Tennessee and Alabama discharge toxic metals from coal ash and scrubber sludge ponds in concentrations that are well above water quality standards for…
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Mar 5, 2009 On Friday, February 27, 2009, EIP petitioned the U.S. EPA to object to the Clean Air Act permit for the Luke Paper Company paper mill in Maryland. …
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The Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice, joined by NRDC, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, and 104 other environmental groups, have asked U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to move quickly to…
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Feb 10, 2009 To view EIP's comments to EPA, click here. To view Attachment A to EIP's comments to EPA, click here. To view Attachment B to EIP's comments to EPA, click here.
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by Jennifer Peterson Feb 5, 2009 In a case that could prompt the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and…
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by Lisa Widawsky The Environmental Integrity Project's (EIP) preliminary analysis of water samples collected in the weeks following the coal ash spill at TVA's Kingston power plant on December 22,…
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) apparently has reported a new spill at the Widows Creek Fossil Plant in northeast Alabama. According to TVA's own data, the Widows Creek plant disposed…
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