Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
New York Attorney General to Sue Pennsylvania Power Plant
The lawsuit seeks to require the companies to comply fully with the Act, including installing state-of-the-art pollution controls to address these pollution increases. Continue reading
Mapping Mortality
A very sad state of affairs, however, we are so grateful to those on the Post Gazette research and reporting team for a job well done. Investigative series will run for additional seven days and will show the devastating impacts from the entire cycle of coal-fired combustion and coal extraction. Continue reading
Great Perspective on Coal from Pennsylvania
Coal-fired electricity is responsible for 70 percent of the nation’s sulfur dioxide, 33 percent of nitrogen oxide and 23 percent of particulate matter (soot) emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Substantially reducing these emissions would prevent millions of missed work and school days, tens of thousands of heart attacks and hospital visits, and 14,000 to 36,000 premature deaths from causes like heart and lung disease annually. Continue reading
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states — including New York and New Jersey — sued the plant’s owner, Allegheny Energy, claiming the air pollution was causing respiratory diseases and acid rain. Continue reading
