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Power Plants Use Rivers For Cooling, But Cause Stress To The Environment
2013-04-22 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: When thermoelectric power plants convert water to steam to turn large turbines and create energy, theyre left with plenty of whats known as waste heat. This waste heat has to go somewhere and either flows up into the atmosphere or back into the rivers or ponds where these factories source their fresh water. To better understand where this waste heat goes and how it affects the environment, scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the City College of New York (CCNY) ran a pair...
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Safety Rules Limited For Small Fertilizer Plants
2013-04-20 19:32:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at the fertilizer company in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people this week.
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E.P.A. Issues Plan on Tainted Water From Power Plants
2013-04-20 06:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Power producers would have to curb the tainted water they discharge into waterways under a proposal issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, the latest in a series of rules focused on utilities that burn coal. The agency proposed four options for regulating the waste from power plants, which are the top source of pollutants in streams, rivers and other waters. The final rules would have the most impact on coal-fired plants, which are the primary source of the pollutants, and would...
Similar plants to West, TX in Indiana
2013-04-20 04:34:09| Agriculture - Topix.net
There are 300 similar retail facilities that store and sell fertilizer to Indiana's farmers, according to Matt Pearson, the Fertilizer Administrator with the Office of the Indiana State Chemist.
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Tri-City fertilizer plants vow safety after Texas explosion
2013-04-19 22:11:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
Finley — As rescuers searched Thursday for survivors of a deadly Texas explosion, a supervisor at a Mid-Columbia fertilizer manufacturer emphasized that his company’s top priority is safety.
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