Entries from October 2009

EPA Reconsidering Navajo Coal Plant Permit

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

You may be asking why this is up on Wise Energy for Virginia. Well iit just so happens that the Navajo plant is similar in size to the proposed plant in Surry County.
Arizona Daily Sun, September 26, 2009
EPA to reconsider Navajo power plant permit
By The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will [...]

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Misleading “Energy Sprawl” Study Pollutes Climate Debate

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

h1a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wasson/misleading-energy-sprawl_b_306051.html” title=”Permalink” id=”title_permalink”Misleading “Energy Sprawl” Study Pollutes Climate Debate/a/h1br /This is cross posted from a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wasson/misleading-energy-sprawl_b_306051.html”The Huffington Post/a andi a href=”http://ilovemountains.org/news”iLoveMountains.org/a/i and a href=”http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/?p=2165″CCAN/a.br /br /pAs Congress was returning from the August recess, there wasn’t much news about the climate bill. The only energy-related news breaking through the coverage of the rancorous health care [...]

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Tell the Army Corps: Stop Rubber-Stamping Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia!

October 1st, 2009 · No Comments

On October 15th, you will have a rare opportunity to speak out loudly against the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining!
The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether to stop rubber-stamping mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia. For decades, this radical form of mining has had a devastating impact on local communities, the economy, and our environment.
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