Entries Tagged as 'Surry Coal Plant'
Dominion stokes the coal industry, but says it’s a friend to the environment
BY ERIKA HOWSARE of the Cville Weekly
It’s a dim, drizzly afternoon, and I’m riding around Wise County with Kathy and Gary Selvage. I can see what they’re pointing out—evidence of surface mining—but I can’t see it the way they do.
The Selvages have [...]
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Tags: Surry Coal Plant · climate-change · coal · mountaintop-removal · press · renewable-energy
February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
PRESS RELEASE from the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition
www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org
February 1, 2010
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NEW ECONOMIC REPORT SHOWS FEW JOBS FROM PROPOSED COAL PLANT IN SURRY COUNTY WOULD GO TO LOCAL RESIDENTS
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CONTACT:
Scott Moore, Moore Data LLC, 843-564-5257
Tom Cormons, Appalachian Voices, 301-910-8973
Cale Jaffe, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-760-0816
Download the full report
Dendron, VA—At a public hearing tonight, the [...]
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Tags: Surry Coal Plant · climate-change · coal · press
Today the EPA announced plans to seek stronger limits of pollution forming ozone. EPA administrator said in a statement, “Smog in the air we breathe poses a very serious health threat, especially to children and individuals suffering from asthma and lung disease.”
The current limit, set by the Bush administration EPA, is 75 parts per billion [...]
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September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Sept. 28: Some Virginia residents are concerned about the new Cypress Creek coal-fired plant and its impact on the Chesapeake Bay, but plant officials say it’s needed to keep up with rising demand. NBC’s Amna Nawaz reports.
Check out the video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33012073#33012073
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Tags: Surry Coal Plant · energy-efficiency · faith · general · press
September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
This was brought to my attention by a Surry County resident.
People who are for the proposed coal plant in Surry County have resorted to posting giant signs (four by eight feet) around the County which is obnoxious, and at least in the town of Surry, we have found out recently, its even illegal to post [...]
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Tags: Surry Coal Plant · coal · faith
Another one bites the dust, this one in South Carolina - proposed by the Santee Cooper Electric Cooperative
Read the first article to hit the press here.
“Committee members and Santee Cooper staff said the down economy, looming federal regulation of carbon and a potential agreement with another power company made it possible to forgo building the [...]
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Tags: Surry Coal Plant · coal
cross-posted from the CCAN Blog
Virginians are no stranger to coal. A state that currently generates 42% of its electricity from the old-school fossil fuel, we are used to living in a political culture that accepts – and endorses – the adherence to a fuel as old as the dinosaurs, and equally archaic. Major players in [...]
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Article from Tamara Dietrich at the Daily Press. Read the Whole Article Here: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_tamara_0724jul24,0,7027240.column
Notably missing from the Army Corps scope of review is mountaintop removal and global warming. While I have respect for their review I believe they made a mistake when they chose to leave out leveling of the oldest mountains in the world [...]
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