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Can We #ProtectCleanWater?
By Angelique Giraud, Florida Energy Community Organizer Advocates from all over the nation gathered together July 10th in Washington, DC to speak out in support of clean water. For the first time in over 30 years, we have the chance to make power plants, particularly coal-fired plants, clean up their toxic trash. Power plants contribute more than half of all of the toxic pollution in our water – billions of pounds every year. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally proposed long overdue standards to restrict this pollution and #protectcleanwater. EPA can ensure that our children
Fighting Power Plant Pollution and Coal Ash in Colorado!
By Alisa Lapp, Colorado Program Assistant Touring the Valmont Plant Since the end of April our community organizers have been raising awareness about a major problem for our water. We’ve been motivating Coloradans to make their voices heard by writing public comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about toxic power plant water pollution. Power plants contribute more than 50% of the pollution in our water every year and coal plants are the worst offenders. There are 13 coal-fired power plants in Colorado, including Xcel Energy’s Valmont Power Plant in Boulder. It’s no surprise
From Missouri to DC to #ProtectCleanWater
Patricia Shuba Speaking at the Power Plant Water Pollution Press Event By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director This morning I met Patricia Schuba from the Labadie Environmental Organization in Missouri. Patricia came to Washington, DC today not to see the monuments and museums but to make sure the Clean Water Act is put to work to protect her home, her family and her neighbors. Patricia came to Washington to speak at a press event, to testify at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearing and to attend a rally. Patricia is speaking out and she can't do it on her own. You can join
Beyond Fracking: Injecting Acid into the Ground - Really?
By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator Click here to read part 1 Most of the information on acid stimulation for oil and gas production comes courtesy of industry papers on how to maximize oil production. What we do know is pretty scary. High volume acid jobs can involve injecting thousands of gallons of acid into each well. This poses serious health and environmental risks at every step of the process. Any releases during the process, whether from transporting, mixing, injecting into the earth or what comes back up in the wastewater could have serious consequences. Exposure to
Beyond fracking: is California being pumped full of acid?
Oxnard, CA - Courtesy of RL Miller By Andrew Grinberg, Oil and Gas Program Coordinator Click here to read part 2 Fracking – maybe you’ve heard of it? From exemptions to environmental regulations to contaminating our water, air, and communities to an Oscar-nominated documentary and a sequel, fracking has dominated our debate about fossil fuels lately. Here’s the thing – while we’ve (rightly) been debating fracking, other potentially equally risky forms of fossil fuel extraction are being used. And we don’t know much about them. Fracking’s lesser-known cousin, acidization may be the process