Category: Water pollutiuon

Coal Ash Spill in NC

Duke energy on the griddle about coal ash in the Dan River from an electricity plant.
Coal ash is not a toxic thing. Even though it is from evil coal.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/17/3630919/nc-lawmakers-get-update-on-duke.html
This coal ash lagoon is on the site of an old coal plant, now fired with natural gas. A pipe collapsed under the lagoon and the spill went into the Dan River in Northern North Carolina at Eden.
Naturally the enviro lawyers were there with anxious looks on their faces.

New Hampshire fights EPA on wastewater treatment

“There is nothing new about the argument the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overstepped accepted science in ordering Seacoast cities and towns to collectively spend what could amount to half a billion dollars to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities, which feed into Great Bay.” Continue reading New Hampshire fights EPA on wastewater treatment

Report: Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

“Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.” Continue reading Report: Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

EPA’s Destructive Workfare Economics: Pointless GE PCB clean-up creates 350 jobs at a cost of $2.86 million per job

That doesn’t include jobs created for lawyers and lobbyists, including at the utility GE is now suing — all over a clean-up that is not only unnecessary, but actually causing water pollution. Continue reading EPA’s Destructive Workfare Economics: Pointless GE PCB clean-up creates 350 jobs at a cost of $2.86 million per job