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Climate Bill 2009: Top priority or …?

January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

To be or not to be? That is a question already surrounding the issue of climate legilslation for action in 2009, even before the Obama Administration takes office. When question, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated the votes are there in the House, but that she wouldn’t commit to 2009 action. Ed Markey (Chair […]

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Tags: analysis · climate change · climate legislation · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics

Another TVA Ash Spill, with another river spill …

January 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Amid all the hullaboo about Clean Coal, most focus on the issue of CO2 emissions. In fact, there is a partial truth about sort-of less dirty coal, ever-improving filtering of particulates is creating ever more fly ash. And, that fly ash either needs to be used (concrete, gypsum board, etc) or simply stored indefinitely. A […]

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Tags: coal · Energy · environmental · pollution