Monthly Archives: February 2013

CountryMark Refining and Logistics, LLC to Install $18 Million in Pollution Controls to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at Indiana Refinery

Posted on February 28, 2013 by John Blair

February 28, 2013-US EPA Press Release WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC has agreed to pay a $167,000 civil penalty, perform environmental projects totaling more than … Continue reading →

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Agreement allows AEP’s Rockport plant to avoid “scrubbers” until 2028

Posted on February 28, 2013 by John Blair

February 27, 2013- by Sonal Patel in POWERnews. Editor’s Note: Valley Watch was one of the original litigants in the suit filed in 1999. However, it dropped out of the suit in late 2007 since AEP was going to be given … Continue reading →

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Peabody Energy Gets Subpoena From SEC Relating to Prairie State

Posted on February 27, 2013 by John Blair

February 27, 2013-By Sonja Elmquist, Bloomberg Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU), the largest U.S. coal producer, said the Securities and Exchange Commission served it with a subpoena seeking information and documents relating to the development of the Prairie State power station. … Continue reading →

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Rice University analysis links ozone levels, cardiac arrest

Posted on February 18, 2013 by John Blair

February 17, 2013- by Mike Williams, News Release from Rice University  Rice University analysis links ozone levels, cardiac arrest. Studies show particulate matter also has direct impact on heart attacks in Houston.  Researchers at Rice University in Houston have found a … Continue reading →

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Spinning the truth on Leucadia’s Rockport SNG plant

Posted on February 18, 2013 by John Blair

February 18, 2013-by Kerwin Olson, Executive Director, Citizens Action Coalition The Indiana Senate Committee on Utilities is prepared to take a vote this week on SB510, the legislation intended to protect captive Hoosier gas ratepayers from the shenanigans of a Park Avenue … Continue reading →

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WTHR exposes Indiana’s bad air problem

Posted on February 8, 2013 by John Blair

February 8, 2013-by Bob Segall, WTHR TV- Indianapolis   13 WTHR Indianapolis Indiana has a earned a dirty reputation as one of the worst states in the nation for air pollution. But is that reputation justified? As the debate over … Continue reading →

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Hail the emerging Spring!!!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by John Blair

  February 6, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Each year, around this time, I am reminded that Spring is just around the corner when the crocus in the front yard of the Valley Watch office begin to bloom. This year was … Continue reading →

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The surprising connection between Food and Fracking

Posted on February 4, 2013 by John Blair

February 4, 2013-by Tom Philpott in Mother Jones Magazine. Editor’s note: two giant ammonium nitrate fertilizer plants are being proposed in SW Indiana, one in Rockport and one in Mt. Vernon, both at a cost of more than $1 billion. … Continue reading →

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