Monthly Archives: January 2014

Legal Deadline Set for EPA’s Coal Ash Rule

Posted on January 30, 2014 by John Blair

January 29, 2014-by Sonal Patel in Power Magazine The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue a proposed revision of its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D rules regulating coal combustion residuals no later than Dec. 19, 2014, under a consent … Continue reading →

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Big Rivers to idle two tri-state coal plants. Regional air will continue recent improvements.

Posted on January 24, 2014 by John Blair

January 24, 2014-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Reuters reported today that Big Rivers will soon “idle”  860 MegaWatts of coal fired electric capacity in western Kentucky. That move expected to be completed by the end of June. According the Reuters report, … Continue reading →

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Are Agriculture Exports Killing Us?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by John Blair

January 22, 2014-by Tom Phillpot in Mother Jones Magazine. Editor’s note: Valley Watch has challenged the issued Title V permit given to Ohio Valley Resources, a huge producer of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, proposed for Rockport. Our main motivation for doing so … Continue reading →

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Valley Watch joins Sierra Club in challenge of Indiana Gasification permit extension

Posted on January 15, 2014 by John Blair

January 14, 2014- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Valley Watch has joined with the Sierra Club in filing a challenge of the recently extended permit for the proposed Indiana Gasification facility in Rockport.  Valley Watch feels strongly that IDEM did not … Continue reading →

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