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Comments on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category - 09-20-2013 (Sign On Letter 1)
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 Comments on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to comment on EPA’s proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. Our organizations urge EPA to select Option 5 for the final rule. Option 5 would eliminate almost all toxic discharges from power plants, reducing pollution by more than 5 billion pounds a year. Strong rules are urgently needed because Steam
Closing the Floodgates
Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the United States, dumping billions of pounds of pollution into America’s rivers, lakes, and streams each year. These pollutants, including lead and mercury, are dangerous to humans and wreak havoc in our watersheds even in very small amounts. It’s time for power plants to stop using our rivers, lakes and streams as open sewers to dump their waste!
Kids Help Monitor Newark's Dirty Diesel Near Their School
In December member groups of the Coalition for Healthy Ports (CHPs, which NJEF chairs) and dozens of environmentalists, community activists, port drivers, and students conducted a truck count at various locations in the East and South Wards of Newark where port trucks first hit the local streets. The Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) did a great job organizing truck counting in front of the Hawkins Street School and other neighborhood locations in Newark. Additional truck counting was conducted in the South Ward by the graduates of NJEF's Newark-based Urban Environmental Institute.
Our Energy Bills Are Too Damn High - Michigan Public Service Commission Rally & Meeting
Michiganders pay the highest costs for energy in the Midwest with some of the worst reliability in the country. And now, DTE wants to raise our rates again to the tune of $574 million. We keep paying more and our service doesn't get any better while big CEOs profit. Join us for a rally at 5 p.m. and then make your voice heard to Michigan Public Service Commission state energy regulators at the town hall.
Fish For Future - Origami Fish To Shut Down Line 5!
Join Third Act Michigan and Clean Water Action to break the record for the largest display of origami fish! Each paper fish represents our shared commitment to protecting the Great Lakes. Let’s show the world that we’re united in protecting our waterways and shutting down Line 5 for once and for all.
