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Study finds excessive levels of the metal, which can seriously harm unborn children, in women from Alaska to Indonesia, due to gold mining, industrial pollution, and fish-rich diets NEW YORK, NY — “Women of childbearing age from around the world have been found to have high levels of mercury, a […]
DETROIT, MI — “It’s not supposed to be like this. Though advisories about toxic mercury in fish have continued in Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes, with recommendations to limit consumption of certain species to a few times per month, the amount of mercury found in fish tissues has dropped […]
Scientists are seeing an uptick of the legacy toxic in Great Lakes fish and birds. Warming waters are the suspected culprit. More coal will make it worse. SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — “Toxic mercury is once again increasing in some Great Lakes fish and birds after decades of consistent, promising […]
COLUMBUS — “Aside from their link to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel plants also include nitrogen oxides, which can add to nitrogen already entering the lakes as runoff from farming and other sources. Power plants could also contribute to algal bloom problems as they use large quantities […]
CINCINNATI — “…another far less visible pollutant – mercury – has been quietly accumulating in the Ohio River for years. Mercury concentrations in the water regularly exceed permissible levels. And government data from 2010 shows that this toxic pollution is building up in fish, with over 40 percent of samples […]
NEW RICHMOND — “A 12-year extension allowing power plants and other industrial polluters to exceed mercury standards as wastewater enters the Ohio River could be stretched out even further, if a proposal before an interstate regulatory board is approved. The question before the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) […]
ALBRIGHT, WV — “Sometime this summer, the EPA will issue regulations that limit carbon dioxide emissions from power generation, pushing more of the country’s 400 coal-fired power plants to close. The environmental and health benefits are undeniable, and overwhelming. The economic consequences for towns like Albright, where a coal plant […]
Large drop in bluefish mercury levels suggest fish eaters are consuming less of the toxic metal – and that U.S. reductions are working DURHAM, NC — “Mercury levels in bluefish caught off the U.S. Atlantic coast dropped more than 40 percent over the past four decades thanks to federal restrictions […]
As market forces chip away at the coal industry, many plants are being repurposed as data centers, museums, and mixed-use neighborhoods BOSTON, MA — “Coal plants tend to be dirty, located in out-of-the-way spots (nobody wants to live next to a coal-fired power plant), and full of derelict machinery that […]
Proposed elimination seen by some as threat to environment, people COLUMBUS — “A multistate commission that oversees the health of the Ohio River is considering relaxing rules on mercury pollution, which has long been considered a threat to the river and the people who eat its fish. The proposed changes […]
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Clean air victory!Today we learned we have won our lawsuit against U.S. EPA for failure to update air
Victory! Clean energy majority in Ohio won the day todayCOLUMBUS — We did it! The pro-clean energy majority in Ohio won the day today when
Victory on utility bailoutsOhio electricity customers won a huge victory April 27, when the Federal Energy
Victory! Governor Kasich line-item vetoes the Tangible Personal Property Tax giveaway to utilitiesCOLUMBUS — With just hours to go before the deadline last night, Governor John Kasich
Cleveland’s controversial plan to build ‘trash-to-energy’ facility declared deadCLEVELAND — “A long-debated proposition to build an expensive and controversial
Victory! Cincinnati chooses clean, green energy – againCINCINNATI — “Yesterday the people of Cincinnati achieved another victory in the
Incinerator won’t pollute region’s air• writing personal letters to Mayor Jackson • putting yard signs in our yards •
Cincinnati becomes first major city to offer 100% green electricity to residentsCincinnati voters overwhelmingly supported 100% renewable energy as a priority
Coal plants drop off the mapEach year 819,195,781 pounds of pollution will NOT be dumped into our air and water
FirstEnergy, citing impact of environmental regulations, will retire six coal-fired power plants14,280 citizens sent letters to decision makers supporting the campaign