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Tilikum, an Orca, attacked and killed Dawn Brancheau, a trainer at Seaworld, Orlando, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.
As reported in Asia One, Ric O'Barry and Dave Phillips of the Earth Island Institute have called for a federal investigation into the death of Ms. Brancheau.
In their statement, O'Barry and Phillips said,
"SeaWorld allowed public and trainer contact [...]
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Abstract. By burning fossil fuels we have put 3.6 trillion tons of Carbon Dioxide, CO2 in the atmosphere1 in the last 200 years – most in the last 60. This has changed the concentration of atmospheric CO2 from 250 parts per Million, ppm, to 390 ppm, an increase of approximately 35.9%. This increase of atmospheric [...]
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In China, 407 Coal Miners Died THIS YEAR. 104 Died THIS WEEKEND in the Xinxing coal mine - described by Chinese authorities as a SAFE mine. 528 miners were underground at the time of the explosion - in which 19.7% of the miners were killed! China Mine Disaster
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According to Kevin Riddell, in the New York Times, (click here for article) the 20 MW carbon sequestration subsystem at the Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, West Virginia, will cost "well over $100 million." Ridell says:American Electric Power is spending $73 million on the capture and storage effort, which includes half the cost of the [...]
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According to Mortality Rates in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties: 24 Years Behind the Nation, by Michael Hendryx, of the Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV <pdf>, mortality is 10.21 % higher in Appalachia than elsewhere in the US, and 18.45 % higher in in coal mining counties where 4 million tons or [...]
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As noted on this website, (click here ) On Dec. 22, 2008, a billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River when the retention pond burst at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Steam Plant. That’s 1,000,000,000 gallons of toxic soup containing Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, Selenium and [...]
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Coal plant with carbon sequestration plan to pipe tons of carbon dioxide 70 miles to be buried 1 mile under the sandstone floor of the Atlantic.
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The Republican Road to Recovery, talks about clean energy alternatives, but focuses on coal, oil, oil shale, offshore drilling, and nuclear power.
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A billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River beginning Monday Dec. 22, 2008. Coal plants in the US produce 129 million tons of fly ash per year. Solar and wind farms produce zero grams of solid waste per year. Offshore wind farms produce artificial reefs, which are good for the environment.
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I ran for school board earlier this year on a solar energy platform. I'd like to thank the Manalapan Republicans and the Marlboro Republicans for holding this event.
I'd like to talk about Nuclear Power and Coal and then Solar and Wind.
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Popular Logistics favors regulating carbon emissions, however, we would start with Coal, Nuclear, and factory farms, and increasing the CAFE standards and auto mileage requirements, not "modest" ranches of 25 or 50 head of cattle. Popular Logistics also recognizes a distinction between carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the environmental effects of mining, and carbon emissions from cattle ranching and hog farming, especially from organic farming. We would therefore suggest that the EPA create a carbon offset program that would allow ranchers and hog farmers to offset the carbon emissions of their livestock with trees, wind turbines, and photovolotaic solar installations.
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In a decision just made public ( full text PDF ) the EPA has ruled that it will abide by the 2007 Supreme Court decisions and limit carbon emissions from new and proposed coal plants - essentially killing off the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the foreseeable future. According to the Sierra Club [...]
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There really is no such thing as "Clean Coal." Mining coal destroys mountains, and often kills the miners. Burning coal releases tons of carbon into the atmosphere and the oceans, and even if you could sequester the carbon, burning coal releases other pollutants, including mercury into the biosphere. The mercury makes its way into fish. [...]
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What killed nuclear power was not Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, or the demonstrations of public opposition such as at Seabrook, NH in the late 1970's or the Musicians United for Safe Energy concerts in New York, Sept. 19-23, 1979, (both of which I attended).What killed nuclear power was the realization by the bankers on [...]
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The EPA has ruled ( full text PDF ) that new and proposed coal plants must address their carbon dioxide emissions - essentially killing off the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the foreseeable future. The EPA says “You may burn coal, but you must do it cleanly.” ( Sierra Club Press Release / [...]
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