Yes, what an awful, horrible tragedy that these old coal plants are being closed! ---------- - Coal-fired power plants are by far the greatest emitters of sulfur dioxide pollution, accounting for 67 percent of all SO2 emissions nationwide. - Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury air pollution, accounting for 40 percent of all mercury emissions nationwide. - While carbon dioxide emissions from power plants are now at roughly 2.5 billion tons per year, more than 150 new coal-fired power plants are being permitted and built across the country... a trend that can only increase carbon dioxide emissions. 50 Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants Named http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2007/2007-07-26-05.asp ---------- "Mercury pollution is making its way into nearly every habitat in the U.S., exposing countless species of wildlife to potentially harmful levels of mercury, a new report from the National Wildlife Federation shows." "'From songbirds to alligators, turtles to bats, eagles to otters, mercury is accumulating in nearly every corner of the food chain,' says Catherine Bowes, Northeast Program Manager for the National Wildlife Federation and principal author of the report." Extent of Mercury Pollution More Widespread http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/523605/ ---------- "Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come." Old-style coal plants expanding http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/old-style-coal-plants-expanding On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/power_plant_closings.html > has the story about the closing of power plants in the Cleveland area. > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]