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If you can see it, taste it or smell it…Don’t breathe it.
June 8, 2023 – By John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Knowing that even slight elevation in fine particles can have serious impacts on human health, I cannot help but have great compassion for those people who are having to live in … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, Air Quality, bad air, Climate Change, Coal, global wamring, IQAir, Valley Watch
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EarthDay 1970 changed the world, at least, mine.
April 21, 2023 – by John Blair, Valley Watch President and webpage editor. John Blair was one of the founding members of Valley Watch, whose purpose is “to protect the public health and environment of the lower Ohio River valley.” This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Coal Refinery, EarthDay, IDEM, IEDC, Indiana, pollution, Spencer County
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TVA ignores Trump and retires Paradise (KY) coal power plant by December next year
February 14, 2019 by- John Blair, valleywatch.net editor The Tennessee Valley Authority board shunned the directions it was given earlier in the week by both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump and voted 6-1 to retire the … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, coal closures, coal plant, Paradise, pollution, TVA, Valley Watch
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A Coal-to-Diesel Refinery Is the Last Straw for These Hoosiers
February 13, 2019 by Susan Cosier in Our Stories/Midwest Dispatch at NRDC The air in southwestern Indiana is bad enough without the emissions from yet another proposed polluter. A towering billboard in southwestern Indiana greets drivers heading west on Interstate 64: “Governor Holcomb, please—No rotten egg smell! No more … Continue reading
Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals
August 28, 2108 – by Damian Carrington and Lily Kuo in the Guardian Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’ Air pollution causes a “huge” reduction in intelligence, according to new … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, Air Toxics, Coal, cognitive ability, fine particles, Human development, intelligence, Special education
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Billions At Stake: Should We Invest In Struggling Power Plants Or Communities Facing Closures?
August 23, 2018 – by Sonia Aggarwal in Forbes. Editor’s note: Coal-fired power plants in the Tri-State are experiencing similar issues in that they cannot compete in the marketplace of producing electricity due to a variety of economic and physical factors. None are less … Continue reading
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Tagged AEP, Big Rivers, Coal, Duke Energy, Indiana coal, IPL, Kentucky coal, nuclear, obsolete coal plants, TVA, Vectren
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UPDATE: Bucolic Indiana town to become mega industrial center
August 22, 2019 – by John Blair, Valley Watch president and editor of valleywatch.net The State of Indiana did issue an air pollution and construction permit for the facility in the Spring. Valley Watch and Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of … Continue reading
IEEFA update: Duke Energy’s costly Edwardsport coal-gasification project continues to underperform
August 1, 2018-by David Schlissel in IEEFA News Editor’s Note: Valley Watch has steadfastly opposed this plant since it’s conception offering sage testimony at the original CPCN hearing in Bloomington in 2007. Duke Energy’s 5-year-old gasified coal power experiment in Edwardsport, Ind., has turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Coal gasification, Duke Energy, IEEFA, Indiana ratepayers
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Sabic Innovative Plastics adds “cogeneration” facility freeing up considerable Vectren capacity
April 26, 2017 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Sabic Innovative Plastics, (Formerly GE Plastics) in Mt. Vernon, IN has decided to partially wean itself from the Vectren grid by building their own electrical and steam generation plant onsite. Their … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, CoGen, CoGeneration, natural gas, SABIC, Vectren
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Vectren releases 20 year Integrated Resource Plan
December 20, 2016-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor On December 16, Vectren Corporation the monopoly electric utility that serves much of southwest Indiana released is latest Integrated Resource Plan outlining its plan to meet their electric customers’ power needs twenty years ahead … Continue reading
Climate talks should consider ‘immediate’ health burden of air pollution
November 18, 2016 Release from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Air pollution is not only causing long-term damage to the planet and human health, but it is already killing millions of people worldwide. In an editorial published November 14, 2016 … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, Coal, Coal fired power, Death, Disease, Harvard School of Public Health
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Rutter: Not much reason for Hoosiers to celebrate Earth Day
April 25, 2016 – by Dave Rutter in the Chicago Tribune We’ve celebrated Earth Day for 46 years to inspire ourselves, challenge old ideas and motivate people to take care of their planet. Sometimes it works. Sometimes no one really … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, contamination, environment, IDEM, IDNR, ill health, Indiana, pollution
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Will Indiana taxpayers be left holding the bag for Peabody Energy’s irresponsibility?
March 16, 2016 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. It should be noted that Valley Watch has oft challenged Peabody Energy and is proud to say that we took them on and won an important eight year battle to kill their proposed … Continue reading
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Tagged bankruptcy, Bear Run, Coal, Indiana, Peabody Energy, Valley Watch
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Cronkite reported on climate change in 1980
April 5, 2015 – by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor Thirty-five years ago, the “most trusted man in America,” Walter Cronkite ran a story on his nightly newscast regarding global warming and climate change. Since then hundreds pf scientific studies have … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Coal, global warming, Wlater Cronkite
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