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Monthly Archives: May 2012
SABIC Agrees to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution from Leaking Equipment to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations in Indiana and Alabama
May 31, 2012-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. US EPA today fined Sabic Innovative Plastics in Mount Vernon, IN nearly $1 million for failing to adequately monitor and maintain leaky valves and pipes. The settlement also impacts the Sabic facility in … Continue reading
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Tagged BPA, EPA, GE, GE Plastics, phosgene, SABIC, Sabic Innovative Plastics, TRI
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EPA opposes LGE permit for coal-burning waste landfill. Agency opposes permit to deposit waste in Trimble County
May 24, 2012- By James Bruggers in the Louisville Courier Journal. Editors note-Valley Watch has been a party in several challenges of the new power unit at the Trimble location, including the waste disposal plan. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials … Continue reading
WFIE begins to tackle Rockport
May 18, 2012- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Coverage of the bizarre economics surrounding the Indiana Gasification project in Rockport has been genuinely lacking. However, yesterday WFIE, the leading news station in Evansville when it comes to numbers of viewers … Continue reading
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End Polluter Welfare Act
May 11. 2012-by Senator Bernie Sanders in Reader Supported News I am proud to be here today with Congressman Ellison, with my good friend and fellow Vermonter Bill McKibben, with Brent Blackwelder from Friends of the Earth and Ryan Alexander … Continue reading
Duke Energy settlement unsettles utility’s fiercest foe- Dan Carptenter Indy Star Columnist
May 6, 2012-Column by Dan Carpenter in the Indianapolis Star News They were a voice in the wilderness when they took on mighty Duke Energy Corp. and its $3 billion Edwardsport coal gasification plant five years ago. Now that Duke … Continue reading
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Tagged CAC, Coal, Duke Scandal, electric rates, utility regulation, Valley Watch
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KY Supreme Court allows NGOs to participate in settlement discussion on Clean Water Violations
May 2, 2012-Editorial in the Lexington Herald Leader In a unanimous rebuff of the Beshear administration’s environmental cabinet, the Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld citizens’ rights to be heard in clean water enforcement actions. “Federal law encourages the states to … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Kentucky coal, mountain top removal mining, water pollution
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