Coal Ash: A National Problem Needs a National Solution

On Sept. 8th, 3 of our members
made the trip to Dallas for the
Coal ash/EPA/Sierra Club
meeting. Our objective was
to convince the EPA that coal
ash is toxic, and should be
classified as such. I've posted about
this before, and will continue
to stay informed on new de-
velopments. LINK

There were many speakers

there from OK, they had a lot

to say about a Co. called

Making Money Having Fun.

so here is a link on that.

MMHF

Also views of a rancher in Montana,

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/09/coal-ash-a-ranchers-view/

COAL FIRED PLANTS GULP 1.5 TRILLION GALLONS

Of water, and we're left to drink the

dirty backwash. "We can't escape".

Even as a growing number of coal

burning power plants around the

nation have moved to reduce their

air emissions,many of them are

creating another problem: water 

pollution. Read  more:    http://www.alternet.org/story/146148/coal-fired_plants_gulp_1.5_trillion_gallons_of_water_and_we%27re_left_to_drink_the_dirty_backwash

New Discoveries About Cleaner Energy Called Impossible?

Thanks to one of our members, who read this
in Waco Tribune Herald  we gain insight
to the cover-ups going on around us.
Former Mayor of Dallas Laura Miller
said she was invited to tour the Big Brown
plant in Fairfield. However when she reached
to touch it, she was stopped and told she
would get dirty.
Go to second letter on link to see what
Mayor of Hallsburg Mike Glockzin had
to say. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123467361

White Stallion Clean & Pretty?

Randy Bird is trying to build another
coal fired power plant in Texas,
outside Houston in Matgorda Bay.
Investing in dirty energy is another
step backwards for Texas.
Get on board with Sierra Club
call and protest.http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=155701.0&dlv_id=134581

TCEQ Gives Green Light To Another Texas Coal Plant

Public Citizen ~ Texas VOX  .....by citizensarah

  The dramatic irony of TCEQ to grant NRG
Limestone Coal Plant an air permit just when
leaders of the world are meeting to save our
planet from global warming. Texas gives the
green light to build another mercury spewing
asthma inducing coal plant.

  Next legislation session TCEQ will undergo
the Sunset Review process, which will give
us a chance to reform TCEQ permitting process.

If allowed to continue, NRG will release:
2,102 tons per year SO2 forms smog
1,752 TPY of NOX forms ozone
1,226 TPY of particulate matter which
causes respiratory illness.
140 pounds PY of Mercury which causes
birth defects and developmental problems
in children
Full story: http://texasvox.org/2009/12/09/tceq-gives-green-light-to-another-texas-coal-plant/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TexasvoxTheVoiceOfPublicCitizenInTexas+%28TexasVox%3A+The+Voice+of+Public+Citizen+in+Texas%29
CEC also a party in case against this permit.