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IN HARM’S WAY: Lack Of Federal Coal Ash Regulations Endangers Americans And Their Environment

Monday, August 30th, 2010

ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT
An investigation led by expert hydrogeologists has identified 39 more coal combustion waste (CCW) disposal sites in 21 states that have contaminated groundwater or surface water with toxic metals and other pollutants. Their analysis is based on monitoring data and other information available in state agency files and builds on a report released in February of 2010, which documented similar damage at 31 coal combustion waste dumpsites in 14 states. When added to the 67 damage cases that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has already acknowledged, the total number of sites polluted by coal ash or scrubber sludge comes to at least 137 in 34 states. This total represents nearly a three-fold increase in the number of damage cases identified in EPA’s 2000 Regulatory Determination on the Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels.

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Tags: CCW, Coal and Combustion Waste, Earthjustice, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club
Posted in Energy, Environment, Hazardous Waste, Infra Views, National, Pollution, Solid Waste, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
VICTORIA TRANSPORT POLICY INSTITUTE
This research indicates that public transit improvements and more transit oriented development can provide large but often overlooked health benefits. People who live or work in communities with high quality public transportation tend to drive significantly less and rely more on alternative modes (walking, cycling and public transit) than they would in more automobile-oriented areas. This reduces traffic crashes and pollution emissions, increases physical fitness and mental health, and provides access to medical care and healthy food.

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Tags: Accidents, American Public Transportation Association, APTA, Health, Todd Litman, Traffic, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, VTPI
Posted in Highway, Infra Views, National, Pollution, Public Transportation, Roads, Sustainability, Transit, Urban Planning

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Solar Waste Recycling: Can the industry stay green?

Monday, August 16th, 2010

CROSSCURRENTS
Solar energy is the most widely available resource we have. Every hour, enough solar energy strikes Earth to meet human energy needs for more than a year, according to NASA. Now the solar industry is poised for huge growth in the United States, thanks to policy changes, incentives, technological improvements and economies of scale. Solar photovoltaics have recently become less expensive than nuclear energy on a per-kilowatt-hour basis, according to a new report from Duke University. Also, solar is widely expected to reach cost parity with fossil fuels in most markets by 2013.

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Tags: CA, California, Crosscurrents, Erica Gies, First Solar, Greentech Media, KALW, Photovoltaics, PV Recycling, San Francisco, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Solar Energy, SolarWorld
Posted in Energy, Environment, Green, Infra Views, National, Pollution, Sustainability

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Transportation Reboot: Restarting America’s Most Essential Operating System

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
America faces a freight transportation capacity crisis. Our highways, railroads, ports, waterways, and airports require investment well beyond current levels to maintain—much less improve—their performance. All systems are aging and stretched to capacity. The collapse of the economy in late 2008 temporarily reduced demand at seaports, and reduced truck and rail freight volumes. The time it takes for the economy to recover will give highway, rail, and port systems a breather before the capacity of the freight system will again constrain U.S. economic growth. During this period, decision makers will need to find a way to fund the improvements needed to improve the national freight system.

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Tags: AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Freight, Larry Brown
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Congestion, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Pollution, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Sustainability, Urban Planning

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RENEWABLE ENERGY – MEETING THE GOAL: A PROGRESS REPORT

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

25 x ’25
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – also called the stimulus package – included $37.5 billion for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. However, the expiration of a critical production tax credit has depressed the production of biodiesel from soybeans and other farm products, and Congress has not yet adopted comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will establish a long-term national energy plan to guide America’s transition to a cleaner and more secure energy future.

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Tags: 25x'25, America's Energy Future, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Clean Energy, Energy, Energy Independence and Security Act
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Congestion, Economic Stimulus, Energy, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Jobs, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Uncategorized

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Video: Dominion’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

View of power plant contruction site from US Alt. 58 driving from Castlewood towards St. Paul -TennRJF on YouTube

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Tags: Coal, Construction, Dominion, Hybrid Energy, Power Plant, St. Paul, TennRJF, Virginia, Virginia City, Wise County
Posted in Energy, Pollution, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability

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The Future of Natural Gas

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE
Natural gas has moved to the center of the current debate on energy, security and climate. This study examines the role of natural gas in a carbon-constrained world, with a time horizon out to mid-century.

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Tags: MA, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, MIT Energy Initiative, Natural Gas
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Energy, Environment, Global, Green, Infra Views, National, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Technology

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The Nuclear Bailout

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA
New nuclear reactors are not cheap, not clean, and will set America back in the race against global warming. Most importantly, they are not necessary. Clean energy technologies can begin cutting global warming pollution right away, do so at lower cost and with less risk, and will create more jobs in the process.

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Tags: Bailout, Barack Obama, Environment America, Environment Illinois, Nuclear Power, President Obama
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Energy, Infra Views, Local, National, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability

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U.S. Climate Action Report 2010

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Throughout the United States, Americans are taking action to address the grave challenge of climate change, and to promote a sustainable and prosperous clean energy future. These efforts are occurring at all levels of government, in the private sector, and through the everyday decisions of individual citizens.

This U.S. Climate Action Report 2010 (2010 CAR) sets out the major actions the U.S. government is taking at the federal level, highlights examples of state and local actions, and outlines U.S. efforts to assist other countries’ efforts to address climate change.

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Tags: 2010 CAR, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA, Barack Obama, Department of State, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Greenhouse, Obama Administration, State Department
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Carbon Tax, Clean Air, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Economic Stimulus, Energy, Environment, Funding, Global, Green, Hazardous Waste, Infra Views, Land Use, LEED, National, Policy, Pollution, Public Transportation, Recession, Recovery, Smart Growth, Solid Waste, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Urban Planning, Wastewater

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Transportation’s Role in Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation GHG emissions account for 29 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions, and over 5 percent of global GHG emissions. Except otherwise noted, the estimates in this report account for “tailpipe” emissions from burning fossil fuels to power vehicles and do not account for greenhouse gases emitted
through other transportation lifecycle processes, such as the manufacture of vehicles, the extraction and refining of fuels, and the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

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Tags: Department of Transportation, DOT, Emissions, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Pollution, US DOT
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Buses, Carbon Tax, Clean Air, Climate Change, Congestion, Environment, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Transit

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Archive for the ‘Pollution’ Category

IN HARM’S WAY: Lack Of Federal Coal Ash Regulations Endangers Americans And Their Environment

Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits

Solar Waste Recycling: Can the industry stay green?

Transportation Reboot: Restarting America’s Most Essential Operating System

RENEWABLE ENERGY – MEETING THE GOAL: A PROGRESS REPORT

Video: Dominion’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

The Future of Natural Gas

The Nuclear Bailout

U.S. Climate Action Report 2010

Transportation’s Role in Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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