Duking It Out

Judge orders Duke Energy coal plant to comply with Clean Air Act 3

In what environmentalists are calling a precedent-setting case that closes a perceived loophole in the Clean Air Act, a federal judge has ordered utility Duke Energy to conduct a formal assessment of its under-construction Cliffside Stream coal-fired power plant to make sure it will be using the best-available technology to curb its mercury emissions.

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  1. marcoplos Posted 12:50 am
    04 Dec 2008

    Duke Energy CEO Rogers is no saintThe national environmental community has fallen for Rogers PR blitz that he is a leader in sustainable energy. This latest ruling shows what we in North Carolina have known all along - Rogers is all PR & no substance. He talks a good game on global warming when he's with the national press, but lobbies for polluting coal plants at home.
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    Delay And Deny Posted 2:13 am
    04 Dec 2008

    Something's Fresh in DenmarkWe need to stop worrying about coal and move on to Hydrogen -- the Danes are by building H2PIA -- the world's first Hydrogen Community!
    http://www.h2pia.com/com/h2pia/materials/H2PIA_Concept_La ...


    Based on existing hydrogen and fuel cell technology the building of H2PIA can actually begin in year 2007, and thereby become an early stepping stone towards the future hydrogen economy.
    H2PIA - a city based on freedom, clean energy, creativity and innovation
    H2PIA is a vision for a complete city, where citizens will produce the energy they need for

    themselves. H2PIA will show how we can develop from a society that produces energy by

    burning oil, coal and gas, to a hydrogen-based, independent, and pollution-free community.

    H2PIA is based upon three values:
    * Freedom

    Because the citizens of H2PIA are independent of oil. They produce and store their own

    fuel in the form of hydrogen, that can deliver energy to both their homes and their cars.
    * Clean energy

    Because hydrogen is produced from renewable energy sources: sun and wind. And the

    only exhaust product left over when it is used is pure water.
    * Creativity and innovation

    Because the creation of H2PIA demands a close cooperation between the private and

    the public sector - between businesses, universities and policy makers.
    Experimentation, knowledge, experience, and results must be turned into real-life

    products to create a well-functioning and sustainable community where the noisy and

    polluting combustion engine is replace by the clean and silent hydrogen fuel cell.
  3. tmullins Posted 5:29 am
    04 Dec 2008

    Appalachia can't stand anymore...of Presidebt Bush and THE COAL INDUSTRY, Main Street Appalachia is THIRD WORLD AMERICA
    http://www.wisecountyissues.com

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