Our Neighborhood Earth - Coal Is Not Clean

The U.S. has over 27% of coal reserves in the world, most of which
is the high-sulphur variety. This means that coal plants that have not
been retrofitted with scrubbers cannot legally burn most domestic coal.

The cost of such scrubbers can run into the billions, forcing
some plants to import coal from countries as far away as Indonesia!

So the industry can't claim an abundance of this 'cheap' resource,
without mentioning the cost of getting it here, including the carbon
footprint associated with shipping it. In fact, only 4 U.S. states
are responsible for the majority of coal production: Wyoming,
Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

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Source: Based on data from Energy Information Administration. 2010. Form EIA-923 (Schedule 2). Online at http://www.eia.doe. gov/cneaf/electricity/ page/eia423.html.;

Despite what the good folks in the coal industry are trying to tell
you, their product is not only unclean, but is in fact the dirtiest,
most polluting fossil fuel known to man. How does it sully?

Guess Who's Building a
Coal-fired Power Plant?

Oman, a land blessed with huge petroleum reserves and sunlight that can't be topped, wants to add another dirty power plant to their mix.
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this environmental insult.

The Obama administration has issued an emergency order to underground mine operators to strengthen a crucial safety measure to prevent explosions of coal dust, a highly flammable substance that has been blamed for deadly mine disasters for decades.

Investigators say coal dust likely was a key factor in the April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va., that killed 29 people, considered the worst US coal-mining disaster in 40 years. The emergency order, issued on Tuesday by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), will force mine operators to increase the amount of incombustible “rock dust” that is applied across walls, floors and all other surfaces of their underground operations.

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Fish Endangered by Mercury
Thanks, coal

Women who are pregnant, or who expect
to be, must severely limit their consumption
of certain fish. Read this report by the FDA, warning about safe limits of what was
once known as health-food.

The report also discusses which fish are the
most harmful. Some varieties of the same fish
are less safe than others, such as tuna.

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