Tag: waste
Sierra Club Rallies Public Engagement as Trump EPA Rolls Back Coal Ash Rules
Millions of cubic yards of dangerous coal waste imperil North Carolina water. RALEIGH, North Carolina — More than 133 million cubic yards of coal ash at North Carolina coal-fired power plants, with 40.2 million cubic yards at the Duke Energy’s Roxboro plant alone, could more seriously impact local waterways after the … [continued]
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Cleaning Up Lake Erie Begins With A Network Of Digital Sensors
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and the most polluted. Now digital technology will help restore it to health.
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Donald Trump Guts Public Health Protection to Bolster Big Coal
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution — one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country. Coal ash contains a toxic brew of … [continued]
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The Nuclear Land Use Canard Returns
The claim that nuclear power uses less land than renewables is making the rounds again, usually presented as if it settles a complex debate with one clean visual. A nuclear plant fits inside a compact fenced site. Wind turbines are spread across plains and ridgelines. Solar arrays cover visible surfaces. … [continued]
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The Electrified Future Is Already Here. Canada Just Needs to Build It
This transcript, lightly edited, is a recorded conversation with a Canadian citizens action group where I walked through a practical, systems-level view of Canada’s decarbonization pathway, grounded in technologies that already work at scale. I focused on what is deployable now, not hypothetical breakthroughs, and explored everything from transmission and … [continued]
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