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'There's no safe level of mercury'
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
CONCORD — New Hampshire should join neighboring states that ban selling and dumping some consumer products containing mercury in landfills or incinerators, ...
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Mercury output must be decreased
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will require coal-fired power plants to reduce mercury, the toxic metal that can cause organ damage, from the exhaust that goes up ...
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Rabner claims mercury reduction victory
Legal News Line - Washington,DC,USA
"This decision confirms the state's authority to protect the health of our citizens by enacting tough rules to reduce dangerous mercury pollution," Rabner ...
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NDEP orders study to characterize, monitor Nevada precious metals ...
Mineweb - Johannesburg,South Africa
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection has ordered a study to gather solid scientific information on the impacts of airborne mercury emissions from ...
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Mercury Fugitive Emissions Contract Awarded
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
A University of Nevada researcher has been awarded a $250000 contract to conduct a twoyear research project to characterize mercury emissions to the ...
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Refineries Possible Link to Mercury in S.F. Bay
KRON 4 Bay Area Thu, 12 Apr 2007 7:07 PM PDT
Posted April 12, 2007 at 6:54 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - Regional Water Quality Control Board members warn hundreds of pounds of mercury may be unaccounted for and could be flowing into the San Francisco Bay, poisoning fish and marine life.
State adopts new mercury regulations
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, or EIB, has adopted new mercury regulations in place of a federal "cap and trade" program that it says will ...
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Nine US states sue EPA over mercury emissions
Down to Earth (subscription) - New Delhi,India
Cement plants are the primary source of mercury emissions in the us. The agency estimates that more than 100 cement plants emit over 4989 kg of mercury each ...
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How Highwood Station stacks up
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Mercury, a potent neurotoxin, currently is regulated under SME's permit through the DEQ's best-available-control-technology program. And beginning in 2010, ...
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DTE shouldn't wait too long on mercury
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA
It is disappointing DTE Energy has been slow to reduce mercury emissions. A new filter system tested at DTE's St. Clair plant in 2004 could reduce mercury ...
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DNR puts forward new plan to reduce mercury emissions
Gazette Extra Sports Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:21 PM PDT
MADISON, Wis. - The state Department of Natural Resources proposed new regulations Thursday to reduce mercury emissions from electric generating plants by 90 percent by 2020. |
Researchers at Acadia trace mercury levels
Bar Harbor Times Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:53 PM PDT
While Acadia National Park is often perceived as remote and pristine, the park's fish, wildlife, and human visitors are vulnerable to mercury contamination that persists throughout North America. New research has documented that fish, amphibians, and even tree swallows from Acadia carry heavy burdens of mercury. |
ADA-ES 4th-Quarter Profit Rises 5 Percent on Boost in Mercury ...
Canadian Business - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
(AP) - Environmental technology company ADA-ES Inc. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit grew 5 percent as revenue from its mercury emission control ...
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Senator Collins To Introduce Mercury Legislation
WLBZ Bangor Mon, 12 Mar 2007 3:47 AM PDT
Maine Senator Susan Collins is planning to introduce federal legislation to create a new program to monitor mercury levels across the U.S. |
London, Coal, and the Homes of the Front Range
YourHub.com - Denver,CO,USA
Coal power plants are responsible for 41 percent of the total mercury emitted by all known US Sources and approximately 30% of all lakes sampled in Colorado ...
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Forest Fires worsen Mercury Contamination in Fish
Canadian researchers have recently investigated the correlation between forest fires and abnormally high toxic mercury concentration in fish from lakes of partially burnt catchments. They have shown that forest fires are responsible for a 5-fold increase in mercury accumulation in some fish species, which could cause serious health problems for consumers. These results provide new insights into the possible consequences of forest fires on the persistence of toxic substances in aquatic systems. (more…)
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ERCO awaits options for mercury elimination
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Sat, 03 Mar 2007 1:57 AM PST
A Port Edwards chemical plant will soon hear from state officials regarding money to assist in eliminating its use of mercury |
Activists call for stricter limits on mercury emissions at gold mines
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
Nevada's program to control emissions of toxic mercury from gold mines issued its first citation last week, but advocates want more effort to curb mining ...
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PSNH will begin monitoring, reducing mercury level before federal ...
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
MANCHESTER – Public Service of New Hampshire is gearing up for a six-month test of carbon injection to reduce mercury emissions at Merrimack Station in Bow ...
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Nevada officials order gold mine to fix faulty mercury equipment
Reno Gazette-Journal Fri, 23 Feb 2007 2:01 AM PST
Nevada authorities have ordered a Northern Nevada gold mine to repair leaking equipment used to capture mercury or face immediate shutdown of its ore-processing facility.
MATB joins suit over mercury emissions from cement kilns
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Wed, 21 Feb 2007 9:24 PM PST
A Bozeman-based citizens group opposed to Holcim Inc.'s plans to burn tires at its Trident plant has joined a lawsuit against the federal government over mercury-emission standards for cement kilns.
9 states sue over mercury emissions
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 20 Feb 2007 6:06 PM PST
Michigan and eight other states sued the Bush administration Tuesday, saying the White House failed to adequately regulate emissions of mercury and other pollutants at cement plants. |
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Pa. mercury rule: Now the hard part
The Philadelphia Inquirer Wed, 21 Feb 2007 3:56 AM PST
Faced with a reality they have fought for months, Pennsylvania's coal-plant operators now have to figure out how they can vastly reduce the mercury emissions from their plants. |
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Pa. Takes Big Step Against Mercury
AP via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:57 AM PST
A regulation that will force major mercury reductions from the smokestacks of Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants became final over the weekend, marking a major step toward cutting the state's largest source of the toxic metal. |
OV crematorium plan awakens mercury fears
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
Fears of mercury, and other concerns, have sparked Oro Valley residents' outrage over a funeral chapel and crematorium expected to be built in Rancho ...
Atlantic States reduces mercury emissions from foundry
Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
The new NJDEP mercury regulations will require foundries to achieve an emission rate of 35 milligrams of mercury per ton of pipe manufactured, or 75 percent ...
New mercury emissions for Rawhide
Fort Collins Weekly - Fort Collins,CO,USA
Last week, the state Air Quality Control Commission adopted a plan tougher than what’s required by the US Environmental Protection Agency to address mercury ...
Chlorine plant to eliminate mercury-based technology
KTRE-TV East Texas Tue, 30 Jan 2007 9:54 PM PST
ST. GABRIEL, La. A chlorine maker in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, today announced it will eliminate its use of mercury-based technology as part of an expansion.
St. Gabriel chlorine plant to eliminate mercury-based technology
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
A chlorine manufacturer in this small Mississippi River town announced on Tuesday it will eliminate its use of mercury-based technology as part of an ...
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Mercury debate pulls city in two directions
The Fort Collins Coloradoan Sat, 27 Jan 2007 4:19 AM PST
The city of Fort Collins has a stake in both sides of a debate over mercury pollution.
Committee OKs mercury rule
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA
The House Environment, Energy and Technology Committee voted Wednesday to recommend approval of a rule that would keep Idaho out of the federal mercury cap ...
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Communities Fight Crematorium Expansion
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
Silver fillings contain mercury, a substance that can harm brain development in children. Mercury from industrial plants has found its way into rivers, ...
National Medical, Health Care and Public Health Groups Take Challenge of Clean Air Mercury Rules to Higher Court
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News Fri, 12 Jan 2007 1:33 PM PST
Four leading medical, health care and public health groups will continue their legal challenge of three clean air mercury rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by filing a brief no later than Jan. 26 in a lawsuit now assigned to the D.C. Circuit Court. The groups will ask the court to overturn the weak EPA rules, which threaten public health. The organizations, representing ... |
Forest fires fuel more mercury emissions than previously believed
Zee News - Noida,India
Washington, Jan 11: A study by researchers at the University of Michigan has revealed that forest fires release more mercury into the atmosphere than ...
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Mercury levels alarming in Delhi hospitals -report
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Dangerously high levels of mercury have been found in the air in two Indian hospitals which could seriously threaten the ...
GOP Senator Wants Tighter Mercury Rules
US News & World Report Tue, 09 Jan 2007 3:06 PM PST
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will introduce legislation that would create a nationwide mercury-monitoring network to identify dangerous mercury hot spots.
Studies find northeast mercury hotspots
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 09 Jan 2007 4:16 PM PST
Mercury levels near some coal-burning power plants are five times higher than previous government estimates, calling into question how the Environmental Protection Agency identifies biological hotspots and prompting a Maine senator to propose a national monitoring system. |
Forest fires fuel more mercury emissions than previously believed
ANI via Yahoo! India News Wed, 10 Jan 2007 1:34 AM PST
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): A study by researchers at the University of Michigan has revealed that forest fires release more mercury into the atmosphere than previously thought. Doctoral student Abir Biswas, the paper's lead author, came up with the idea for the project when he was a student at U-M's Camp Davis Rocky Mountain Field Station near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Wildfires were burning ... |
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Vermont-New Hampshire reservoir identified as 'mercury hot spot'
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
A chain of reservoirs on the upper Connecticut River is among five mercury "hot spots" in the Northeast and Canada where the toxin has accumulated to ...
Mercury danger?
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
I have recently been informed that mercury can be emitted in the production of cement. These emissions pollute bodies of water and, as a potent neurotoxin, ...
Mercury, dirty air are targeted
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Judy Fahys. Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is proposing an infusion of money next year for tackling Utah's air pollution and mercury problems. ...
Oregon sets new coal pollution standard
Earthtimes.org - USA
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 19 Oregon's environment regulators have set standards for coal-fired plant emissions of mercury above federal limits. ...
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Groups Discuss Mining Mercury Emissions, Fisheries
KTVN Reno Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:08 PM PST
(AP) -- The nation's largest gold producing state has been asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from the mines are contaminating fisheries in Nevada and neighboring states.
Older cement kilns get EPA pass on mercury
Los Angeles Times Sun, 17 Dec 2006 2:36 AM PST
Plants built more than a year ago, including 11 in California, won't have to upgrade controls. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it would not require cement manufacturers — including the nation's largest emitter, in Tehachapi, Calif. — to upgrade plants to control mercury. |
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EPA Shirks Court Order on Mercury Emissions
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... 13 – After a federal court ordered the EPA to set limits on mercury pollution from cement kilns, the EPA signed a rule last week that fails to impose them. ...
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Federal government limits mercury from new cement plants
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The federal government has set long-awaited limits on airborne mercury generated by cement kilns, but they apply only to new or ...
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Illinois OKs power-plant mercury cut
Chicago Tribune - United States
Illinois lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to new state rules requiring deep cuts in mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. ...
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EPA rule on mercury emissions doesn't go far enough, groups say
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
WASHINGTON - Environmental groups are upset over a new federal effort to cut mercury emissions at dozens of cement plants around the country, saying it defies ...
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Tax plan may cut emissions; plant to reduce mercury
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
... on Friday approved $36 million in long-term borrowing to give tax incentives to the owners of a Bridgeport Harbor power plant to remove mercury from emissions ...
Pushing To Clear The Air
Hartford Courant - United States
Here's an interesting tidbit: According to a nationwide clean-air group, Connecticut and at least 21 other states are pursuing mercury emissions standards for ...
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Kentucky should join neighbors on mercury
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
He wanted to know whether the federal government's rule on mercury emissions is strong enough to protect the health of Tennesseans and the environment of the ...
DNREC orders Claymont Steel to clean up mercury emissions
The News Journal Fri, 01 Dec 2006 0:51 AM PST
Delaware issued a "shut-down-or-clean-up" order to Claymont Steel on Thursday, citing a recent mercury emissions report that put the factory among the state's top polluters.
Committee review could delay mercury regulations
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
State regulations to control the amount of mercury emitted from power plants cannot go into effect until the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy ...
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IRRC Approves State-Specific Plan to Control Toxic Mercury ...
SolancoNews.com - Quarryville,PA,USA
... Edward G. Rendell recently announced that Pennsylvania's Independent Regulatory Review Commission has approved a plan to cut toxic mercury emissions from coal ...
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Steelmaker increases mercury removal efforts
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
... joined a national coalition of automobile manufacturers, steel industry associations and environmental groups in increasing efforts to remove mercury from the ...
Get tough on mercury
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Sen. Lamar Alexander is asking the right questions about whether federal standards on mercury emissions are tough enough and whether Tennessee is doing all it ...
Federal mercury limits lax, some say
Louisville Courier-Journal Mon, 27 Nov 2006 3:06 AM PST
Twenty-two states — but not Kentucky — have enacted more stringent measures to control mercury emissions from power plants or are considering doing so, a national survey shows.
Mercury's stakes
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The current debate over whether Pennsylvania should have a stronger rule governing mercury emissions is, as usual, rife with varying perspectives, including ...
Mercury traces back to fur trade
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
... Europeans learned to use mercury to create felt from the fur and their techniques came to Danbury, the great center of hat-making in North America. ...
Where's The Mercury Scare?
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The Pennsylvania legislature recently passed a new, more stringent regulation regarding mercury emissions. The new standard will ...
Chinese pollution a rising health threat
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... Lack of access to safe drinking water and high levels of air pollution and mercury contamination from excessive coal-burning are causing chronic illness and ...
State to check safety of EPA mercury limits
Tennessean Thu, 23 Nov 2006 0:14 AM PST
The state intends to pursue a request by Sen. Lamar Alexander to look into whether the EPA's rule on mercury emissions is strong enough to protect public health in Tennessee. |
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Senator urges mercury study
Knoxville News Sentinel Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:51 PM PST
Federal rules governing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants may not be strong enough to protect Tennesseans, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said Wednesday in urging Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration to continue studying the issue. |
Students protest emission of mercury in water, air
LSU The Reveille - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... During Pioneer's production process, mercury enters into the Mississippi River and evaporates in the air mixing with rain, Jerrica Crosby, English freshman ...
Many States Say EPA Too Soft On Mercury
Today's THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Air quality regulators in at least 22 states have concluded that the Bush administration's approach to cutting mercury pollution from coal-burning power plants ...
22 States Say EPA Too Soft on Mercury
News 8 San Diego Sat, 18 Nov 2006 3:46 PM PST
Air quality regulators in at least 22 states have concluded that the Bush administration's approach to cutting mercury pollution from coal-burning power plants is too weak and are pursuing tougher measures of their own. |
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Del. Mercury Controls Stricter Than Rest Of U.S.
CBS 3 Philadelphia Sat, 18 Nov 2006 6:02 AM PST
State environmental officials announced a new plan today for controlling mercury emissions with stricter standards than the federal government.
Mercury regulations advance
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
A state panel that vets regulations approved a mercury-reduction plan that is tougher than federal standards. The Independent Regulatory ...
Phase out mercury in chlorine industry, says EEB
EUbusiness (press release) - Richmond,Surrey,UK
EEB today repeated its call to halt use of the 'mercury-cell process' in the chlorine industry. EEB, Europe's largest federation ...
Gabrielle Hinahara: Doyle must move on mercury emissions
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
Dear Editor: Mercury pollution is not something that Wisconsin can afford to ignore any longer. It can have detrimental effects ...
Mercury pollution standards should be toughened
Chicago Daily Southtown - Chicago,IL,USA
THE ISSUE: State legislative panel to act on mercury emission standards that are tougher than the federal government's. WE SAY: Mercury ...
A power play on mercury reduction
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
... ''The mercury,'' she said later, explaining why she let the fish go. ... ''It's a problem,'' Zullinger said of mercury. ''We know it's a problem. ...
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MERCURY MISSION
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
The debate over reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants is not about whether it should be done -- the federal government already made that ...
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ADA-ES Granted Contract For A Mercury Control System For An ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
(RTTNews) - ADA-ES Inc. (ADES | charts | news | PowerRating), announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply a mercury emission control system for a ...
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CREMATORIUMS will have to burn bodies at lower temperatures to ...
Sunday People - UK
... Crematoriums will also be expected to filter out toxic mercury to help the Government halve emissions by 2012. Up to 16 per cent ...
Claymont Steel deals with mercury to reduce pollutant
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... However, mercury emissions were higher than previously calculated. The revised mercury emission estimates have led to reckless speculation ...
Clamping Down on Mercury Emissions
Science@Berkeley Lab - Berkeley,CA,USA
Someday, those mercury warning labels posted near the fish section of supermarkets may join lead paint and asbestos as relics of a bygone era. ...
Mellow should support mercury reduction
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
... for children, why does Senator Mellow support SB 1201, legislation that allows Pennsylvania utility companies off the hook for mercury emissions jeopardizing ...
Researchers rebut EPA's mercury pollution theory
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus Mon, 23 Oct 2006 0:07 AM PDT
UNDERHILL -- Environmental Protection Agency computer models, developed as the federal agency prepared emission rules for coal-fired power plants, showed that no mercury from their stacks would fall on Vermont. ... - The Associated Press
Mercury in air linked to power plants
The Burlington Free Press Sun, 22 Oct 2006 1:21 AM PDT
Let a mass of air stagnate for hours or days over a coal-fired power plant in Ohio or Pennsylvania. Then let the wind quicken, zipping that air across New York state to the Green Mountains.
Claymont Steel faces probe over mercury
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... Delaware will order a Claymont steel recycler to clean up metallic soot and mercury emissions, including some that have plagued neighbors for years, a top ...
Toxic mercury levels high from fires
Calgary Sun - Canada
By CP. Vastly increased emissions of highly toxic mercury are an unexpected result of climate change in Canada's northern woods, says the US Geological Service. ...
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Judge sides with cement plant in mercury dispute
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
A judge has ruled the state of Michigan has no authority to regulate mercury output from a cement plant in Alpena, but the company Tuesday pledged a voluntary ...
Burning Northern Wetlands Release Increased Quantities of ...
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
Mercury, released into the atmosphere most prodigiously with the launching of the industrial age, falls back onto Earth and accumulates, particularly in North ...
Mercury remains a major concern
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The wide, murky mouth of the Fox River separated a group of mercury experts from the Pulliam coal-burning power plant in Green Bay. ... |
Second utility to cut mercury pollution from coal-fired plants
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
CHICAGO A second utility serving Illinois has struck a state deal calling for drastic cuts in mercury emissions from its coal-fired plants. ...
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Board to hold mercury hearing in Billings
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
GREAT FALLS A state board holds another public hearing today, on a proposed rule to regulate emission of mercury from coal-fired power plants. ...
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Mercury crackdown bill for city
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
TAXPAYERS could face a bill for more than £400,000 to upgrade York's crematorium to meet Government regulations to reduce mercury emissions caused by ...
EPA holds course on utility mercury rules
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Wednesday reaffirmed contentious rules that aim to cut toxic mercury emissions from coal-fired utilities by ...
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Mercury converges around local emission sources, Pa. study finds
Waste News - Akron,OH,USA
May 31 -- An eight-year Pennsylvania study reinforces other state and national studies that show mercury tends concentrate around local emission sources ...
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State looks to reduce mercury hot spots
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed, 31 May 2006 9:15 PM PDT
A state study revealing mercury hot spots in Cambria County is fueling debate over whether the state should adopt stricter mercury-emission standards or rely on weaker federal ones. |
Mercury crackdown bill for city
Yorkshire Post Today Thu, 01 Jun 2006 1:26 AM PDT
Crematorium needs costly equipment to clean up emissions Paul Jeeves TAXPAYERS could face a bill for more than £400,000 to upgrade York's crematorium to meet Government regulations to reduce mercury emissions caused by incinerating dental fillings. (01/06/2006 09:16:19) |
Mercury pollution from ASHTA Chemicals remains a problem
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - Ashtabula,OH,USA
ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - - ASHTA Chemicals continues to release mercury into Lake Erie waters and the air, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC ... |
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Hearing set on mercury rules
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
The public will have an opportunity to comment on proposed state rules for mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants at a hearing in Billings on Thursday ...
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Proposed mercury rule to be discussed in Great Falls
KXLF-TV - Butte,MT,USA
GREAT FALLS A proposed state rule on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants will be up for public comment Wednesday, in Great Falls. ...
Pataki says NY shooting for big mercury emissions cuts
Washington Business Journal - Washington,DC,USA
Operators of New York's coal-fired power plants will have to halve the amount of mercury they emit by 2010 and then reduce that amount to only 10 percent of ...
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Labor, Business Groups Support 86% Reduction in Mercury From Power Plants
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 17 May 2006 11:03 AM PDT
A coalition of labor, business and the coal industry reiterated its support for legislation that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants by 86 percent and its opposition to a proposed rule that would not provide any greater protection to the health of Pennsylvania's children, but will cost jobs and increase the cost of electricity.
PennFuture Hails Vote to Move Ahead with Mercury Regulations to Protect the Health of Mothers and Babies
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 17 May 2006 10:16 AM PDT
John Hanger, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future , hailed today's vote at the Environmental Quality Board , authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to move ahead with regulations requiring cuts in toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania.
PennFuture Hails Vote to Move Ahead with Mercury Regulations to Protect the Health of Mothers and Babies
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 17 May 2006 10:16 AM PDT
John Hanger, president and CEO of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future , hailed today's vote at the Environmental Quality Board , authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to move ahead with regulations requiring cuts in toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania.
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Inspector general criticizes EPA's mercury emissions plan
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
CHICAGO - Allowing utilities to trade the right to release mercury could make it difficult to reduce high amounts of the toxic metal found in parts of the ...
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Topinka urged to back gov's mercury plan
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... Baar Topinka to back Gov. Blagojevich's plan to slash mercury emissions by coal-fired power plants. Topinka, a Republican running ...
Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Announces Historic Agreement To Reduce ...
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
... address, Governor Pawlenty today announced an historic agreement to further clean Minnesota’s water and air by drastically reducing mercury emissions at the ...
Mercury bill a 'step in the right direction'
Pioneer Press Tue, 02 May 2006 1:24 AM PDT
The Minnesota House on Monday unanimously approved a bill requiring Minnesota's three largest coal-fired power plants to cut mercury pollution more aggressively than is required by federal law. |
Unanimous House votes to cut mercury emissions
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Mon, 01 May 2006 8:36 PM PDT
In a first step toward what a legislative sponsor called Minnesota's "Year of the Environment," the House unanimously passed a bill Monday that would dramatically reduce toxic mercury emissions from the state's three largest coal-fired power plants. The measure sponsored by Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, follows terms of an agreement among utilities, businesses and environmentalists announced last |
Mercury: State, utilities must cooperate to cut power plant ...
Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA
It's vital this self-proclaimed Great Lakes State be a leader in challenging Washington and power companies to drastically cut mercury emissions from coal ...
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State's largest mercury source to shut down
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
Occidental Chemical Corp.'s Muscle Shoals chlorine factory's mercury emissions were slightly higher than Alabama Power Co.'s largest coal-fired power plant. ...
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Our View: Wondering about new mercury regulation
Midland Daily News (subscription) - Midland,MI,USA
While reducing mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants by 90 percent within nine years certainly is an admirable goal, we in Michigan who are ...
Mercury falling: House bill a good compromise
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
Tomorrow the Senate considers a mercury reduction bill that would cut mercury emissions from Public Service of New Hampshire’s coal-fired power plants by 80 ...
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Stricter mercury limits contested
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
HOLLAND -- A 90-percent reduction in mercury emissions from power plants would be a boon for the environment and Michigan's fishing industry, as Tom Leonard ...
Michigan governor acts to slash mercury
MSNBC - USA
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Michigan electric companies are being ordered to slash mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants by 90 percent within nine years ...
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Governor orders mercury reductions
Detroit Free Press Tue, 18 Apr 2006 2:08 AM PDT
Four years after promising to take action to reduce mercury emissions, Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered environmental regulators Monday to write new rules for 21 coal-fired power plants in Michigan with the goal of reducing mercury pollution by 90% by 2015.
Gov doubts mine spill probe’s independence
INQ7.net - Philippines
... of Sorsogon's coastal towns facing Rapu Rapu island, where Lafayette operates, were not even invited by the commission to talk about the mercury scare that had ...
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Mercury levels stir new outcry
The Salt Lake Tribune Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:33 PM PDT
Environmentalists point to the federal government's new tally of toxic pollution as proof regulators are too soft on mining, especially Nevada's gold companies. Elyssa Rosen, senior policy adviser at Great Basin Mine Watch, said the latest information ought to raise concern, particularly among Utah and Idaho residents whose lakes and streams are being contaminated with mercury drifting from
Federal Court Orders EPA to Release Documents on Mercury Emissions ...
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania
... been ordered by Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Collings to release documents about potentially more effective alternatives to reducing mercury emissions from ...
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Unfair to blame China, India alone for pollution’
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday that a Financial Times article on April 11 that quoted him as saying that giant clouds of toxic mercury that were ...
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State won't push plant on cleaner coal burning
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Web site, Wilcher told state regulators to update the permit so that it complies with newer federal requirements that will cut toxic mercury emissions by a ...
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People near power plan site have concerns
Casper Star-Tribune Mon, 10 Apr 2006 1:10 AM PDT
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- People who live downstream from a proposed coal-fired power plant east of here plan a meeting later this month to discuss concerns about mercury emissions and the amount of water the 250-megawatt plant would use.
ON THE WEB: Georgia considers one of nation's strictest mercury policies
Macon Telegraph Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:00 AM PDT
Georgia is considering one of the nation's toughest mercury guidelines in an effort to limit emissions of the toxic pollutant.
NRDC REPORT FINDS DANGEROUSLY HIGH MERCURY LEVELS NEAR CHLORINE ...
Natural Resources Defense Council - New York,NY,USA
CHICAGO (April 4, 2006) -- Independent air quality tests have uncovered dangerously high levels of toxic mercury in areas surrounding major chlorine chemical ...
Mercury down 32% in fish near Mass. incinerators
Boston Globe - United States
Seven years after Massachusetts enacted the nation's toughest mercury emission laws for incinerators, amounts of the toxic metal have declined by 32 percent in ...
Sunlight gives, takes mercury from atmosphere
Anchorage Daily News Sun, 02 Apr 2006 1:30 AM PST
Each spring, when sunlight returns to the Arctic in a blinding burst, it also triggers chemical reactions that release mercury from the atmosphere. A group of scientists is finding that this mercury is falling into Arctic lakes, but the sun also changes the mercury into a form that fish don't pick up.
Editorial | Fighting Pollution Pa.: Join the chorus for cleaner ...
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... Despite 30 years of good progress under the Clean Air Act, serious health risks remain from soot, smog, mercury and other toxics, especially in Northeastern ...
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Cleaner air coming from power plants
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Tampa,FL,USA
The Clean Air Interstate Rule Clean Air Mercury Rule and Clean Air Visibility Rule are regulations put into effect by the federal government to improve air ...
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Plant earns draft permit
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... The new technology produces less mercury, sulfur dioxide and other toxic emissions. The DEQ is proposing some stringent regulations ...
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Local pressure put on mercury output
Chicago Tribune Tue, 04 Apr 2006 5:42 AM PDT
Officials seek cuts beyond federal limit Backed by exhaust stacks protruding from a power plant in the distance, environmental advocates and city and state officials gathered at a Waukegan park Monday to support a proposal that would force Illinois coal-fired power plants to severely limit mercury emissions.
Mercury study bill dies in committee
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
... The state's position on the federal mercury rule -- a rule that impacts potential coal-fired power plants in Idaho -- is unclear once again, following a House ...
No More Mercury
NHPIRG (PressRelease) - Concord,NH,USA
Last March, New Hampshire state senators approved a bill that would require Public Service Company of New Hampshire to make deep cuts in mercury pollution from ...
Mercury gets the best of North Carolina
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... But Clean Smokestacks left some important unfinished business -- including what to do about mercury pollution from those power plants. ...
Junk auto 'bounty' seeks to reduce mercury pollution
The Salt Lake Tribune Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:32 PM PST
The Udy family huddled around the computer this winter to keep an eye on state legislation with particular importance to their community in Plymouth. They looked up the wording. They listened to lawmakers debate the whys and why-nots. They wanted to see HB138 become law and put a $5 "bounty" on bullet-sized pellets of mercury found in the junked cars that are fed into the Nucor Steel mill,
Nevada takes lead on regulating mercury
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... be better served now that the Nevada State Environmental Commission has adopted the nation's first air quality regulations governing mercury emissions by the ...
Nevada Enacts First Mercury Emission Controls
Mineweb - Johannesburg,South Africa
... problem, the Nevada State Environmental Commission unanimously adopted the first regulations in the nation aimed at controlling airborne mercury emissions from ...
Lawmakers recommend keeping Idaho’s mercury limit at zero
The Times-News Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:58 PM PST
BOISE n Idaho would cap its mercury emissions at zero -- effectively blocking any new coal-fired power plants -- until at least January 2007, under a Senate resolution passed Monday.
ADA-ES Awarded Contracts for Mercury Control Systems for Three ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(NASDAQ:ADES) today announced that it has been awarded new contracts to supply commercial mercury control systems for two existing coal-fired power plants and ...
Wyo firm wins $1M for mercury research
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... based Western Research Institute won a grant worth nearly $1 million this month from the US Department of Energy to study ways to remove mercury from coal ...
Churchill notes: Council backs club's position on mercury
Gateway Newspapers - USA
... The club asked council to urge the secretary of the state Department of Environmen-tal Protection "to lower mercury levels by developing effective and timely ...
Update 1: Pa. Mercury Limits May Outdo Government's
Forbes - USA
Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants would have to cut mercury emissions by 90 percent within a decade under a plan that would make the state the first major ...
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Mercury compromise at 'impasse'
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Backers of a coal-fired power plant near Great Falls and a state environmental group have failed to reach a compromise for limiting mercury emissions from the ...
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Electric co-ops, enviro group break off talks on mercury emissions
Independent Record Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:17 PM PST
HELENA — The developers of a 250-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Great Falls have failed to strike a deal with an environmental group on mercury-emission standards for the proposed plant.
Air board to propose crackdown on mercury
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
The State Air Pollution Control Board voted 4-0 today to propose Virginia's first crackdown on coal-burning power plants' emissions of airborne mercury. ...
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MPCA pressed on mercury reductions
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
More than two dozen organizations and people asked the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Tuesday to act swiftly to cut airborne mercury emissions from such ...
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Mercury-pollution plans head to showdown
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Biologists first found mercury, a toxic metal, about three years ago in largemouth bass and blue catfish swimming along stretches of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi .
Mercury reductions proposed
Richmond Times-Dispatch Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:37 PM PST
Virginia is proposing for the first time to crack down on power plants' emissions of mercury, a highly toxic pollutant that can cause brain damage. |
Mercury pollution still threat in some parts of Alabama
Tuscaloosa News Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:02 AM PST
The environmental group Oceana, which advocates mercury-free chlorine production, says the Occidental Chemical Corp. plant in Muscle Shoals is Alabama's largest source of mercury pollution. |
