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Dave's Second Law of Sustainability Politics
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David Roberts |
28 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Clean up coal emissions and you end up with more -- and more toxic -- coal ash. You get cleaner air, but you get ash that can't be recycled (into, e.g., concrete). You breath free, but you've got arsenic and mercury leaching into your groundwater from coal-ash landfills. Look at this vintage coal magic: There are ways to remove the pollutants from emissions without making the ash unusable [for recycling]. But that equipment can be up to four times more expensive, ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, health, water pollution (all these topics) |
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