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10/25/2011 Durango Herald: EPA chief keeps up the pressure – Jackson touts approach to replace coal with natural-gas generators
10/25/2011 Durango Herald: EPA chief keeps up the pressure – Jackson touts approach to replace coal with natural-gas generators By Joe Hanel Herald Staff Writer: DENVER – Regulators will continue to push for cleanups at coal power plants in the Four Corners despite a rough economy, the Obama administration’s top environmental official said Monday. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, visited Denver to tout the state’s approach to retiring coal plants and replacing them with natural gas-powered generators. Jackson’s agency in 2009 blocked a permit for the proposed Desert Rock coal power plant in Northwest New Mexico, and it is requiring better pollution-control equipment on existing power plants.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged asthma, Clean Air Act, Colorado Oil and Gas Association coal power plants, Desert Rock coal power plant, Four Corners, health, Lisa Jackson, natural gas-powered generators, Obama, pollution control, reitre coal plants, respiratory diseases, The Durango Herald
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10/14/2011 Let’s Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants – Political weakness keeps them polluting 30+ years too long
10/14/2011 EarthJustice Blog: Let’s Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants – Political weakness keeps them polluting 30+ years too long: Across the nation, old coal-fired power plants are gasping for their last breath, having survived long past their prime because of political favors and weak government regulations. They would have died decades ago if not for a fateful policy compromise in the late 1970s that exempted existing power plants from new air quality standards in the Clean Air Act.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon
Tagged air quality, asthma, Clean Air Act, coal fired power plants, coal mining, EarthJustice, EPA, Global warming, government subsidy, greenhouse gas emission, haze, mercury, old coal plants, smog, soot, unplug dirty, water pollution
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10/11/2011 The New York Times: Groups Sue After E.P.A. Fails to Shift Ozone Rules
10/11/2011 The New York Times: Groups Sue After E.P.A. Fails to Shift Ozone Rules JOHN M. BRODER: WASHINGTON — Five health and environmental groups sued the Obama administration on Tuesday over its rejection of a proposed stricter new standard for ozone pollution, saying the decision was driven by politics and ignored public health concerns. The groups said that President Obama’s refusal to adopt the new standard was illegal and left in place an inadequate air quality rule from the Bush administration. Near the end of his presidency, George W. Bush overruled the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific advisory panel and set the permissible ozone exposure at 75 parts per billion.
The current E.P.A. administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, wanted to set the standard at 70 parts per billion, near the maximum level recommended by the advisory panel. But President Obama rejected that proposal on Sept. 2, saying that compliance would be too costly and create too much regulatory uncertainty for industry. He ordered the E.P.A. to conduct further scientific studies and come up with a new proposal in 2013.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability
Tagged asthma, coal mining, EPA, government accountability, heart attacks, lung, Obama, ozone, ozone pollution, ozone rules, premature deaths, President Obama, public health, smog, The New York Times
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9/22/2011 US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
9/22/2011 US EPA: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov, 202-564-6794: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: As prepared for delivery: Chairman Stearns, Ranking Member DeGette and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to testify on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory process. It is a priority of the EPA and of this Administration, to ensure that our regulatory system is guided by science and that it protects human health and the environment in a pragmatic and cost effective manner. ... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tagged Administrator Lisa Jackson, asthma, bronchitis, Clean Air Act, environment, environmental justice, Executive Order 13563, human health, US EPA, US House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Durango Telegraph: EPA cracks down on San Juan Generating Station
Durango Telegraph: EPA cracks down on area power plantOne of the Four Corners biggest polluters is in line for a make-over. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules that will require “modern controls” for the San Juan Generating Station. Not surprisingly, Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM), the power plant’s owner, has objected to the new ruling and is already planning an appeal. Located just west of Farmington, the San Juan Generating Station has been burning coal to generate electricity for more than 40 years. The plant also produces 16,000 tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions each year and is ranked as the ninth dirtiest coal-fired plant in the West. Nitrogen oxide not only creates haze, it is a primary ingredient in ground-level ozone, “the most widespread pollutant in the United State (and) one of the most dangerous,” according to the American Lung Association. Ozone has been linked with asthma attacks, respiratory problems, lung damage and premature death.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability
Tagged American Lung Association, asthma, coal, coal fired power plant, Dine CARE, Durango Telegraph, EPA, Farmington, Four-Corners Power Plant, haze, nitrogen oxide, ozone, respiratory problems, San Juan Citizens Alliance, San Juan Generating Station, SCR
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8/6/2011 EPA requires cleanup at NM coal-powered plant
8/6/2011 Summit County Citizens Voice: EPA requires cleanup at NM coal-powered plant 
New pollution controls at coal-fired plant near the Four Corners will benefit public health and reduce regional haze; Utility company says it will appeal the federal decision By Summit Voice: SUMMIT COUNTY — Residents of the Four Corners region and tourists in the famed national parks in the area will be able to breathe a bit easier after the EPA this week issued a final rule that will help cut harmful nitrogen oxide emissions from the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico by 80 percent. The coal plant also emits more than 5,500 tons of sulfur dioxide per year.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, Navajo Generating Station
Tagged asthma, Clean Air Act, coal pollution, coal-fired plant, Dine CARE, EPA, Four Corners, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Navajo Nation, nitrogen oxide, ozone, public health, regional haze, respiratory problems, San Juan Generating Station, Summit Voice
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