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EPA Updates The Mercury And Air Toxics Standards For New Power Plants
2013-11-08 13:51:39| pollutiononline News Articles
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated emission limits for new power plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The updates only apply to future power plants; do not change the types of state-of-the-art pollution controls that they are expected to install; and will not significantly change costs or public health benefits of the rule.
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Power Plants Try Burning Wood With Coal to Cut Emissions
2013-11-03 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Even as the Environmental Protection Agency considers requiring existing coal-fired power plants to cut their carbon dioxide output, some utilities have started to use a decidedly low-tech additive that accomplishes that goal: wood. Ranging in size from sawdust to chunks as big as soup cans, waste wood from paper mills, furniture factories and logging operations has been used with varying levels of success. Minnesota Power, which once generated almost all of its power from coal and is now trying...
W.Va., Va. hydro plants being put up for sale
2013-11-02 19:54:38| Energy - Topix.net
Subsidiaries of FirstEnergy have applied to sell the power plants, including the Potomac Edison plants at Dam No.
Plants for a Cause
2013-11-01 11:05:15| Country Lines Online
Tis the season for giving, as is apparent by the pleas that appear in our mailboxes from worthwhile charities this time of year. Gardeners can get in on the giving in their own special way by purchasing plants that support a cause. There have been some very successful campaigns to raise money for different causes […]
Process Safety Management Improves Worker Safety, Focusing On Avoiding Incidents In Oil Refineries And Chemical Plants
2013-11-01 06:24:11| chemicalonline News Articles
A string of disasters in oil refineries and plants that produce materials such as fertilizer and chemicals has drawn increased attention tothe industry's safety practices. In response, India's Essar Oil Limited has implemented Process Safety Management (PSM) a practice developed by OSHA, and designed to minimize the consequences of catastrophic release of toxic, reactive, inflammable or explosive chemicals
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