Proposed Navajo Nation coal-fired power plant dealt setback by feds

[kristopher]

Proposed Navajo Nation coal-fired power plant dealt setback by feds
By David O. Williams 9/28/09 8:36 AM

Opponents of coal-fired power plants around the country were buoyed by a decision Friday to send the proposed 1,500-megawatt Desert Rock facility near Shiprock, N.M., back to the Environmental Protection Agency for a new air-pollution permit, according to the Durango Herald.

The paper Saturday reported the EPA originally issued a permit in 2008, but this spring – under a new administration – appealed to the Environmental Appeals Board for permission to rescind the permit. That permission was granted Friday.

“People are going to be combing through this order and thinking long and hard about what it might mean for any new power plants that might be proposed,” Earthjustice lawyer Janette Brimmer told the Herald. “I think this just indicates a new day for these power plants.”...

More at: http://coloradoindependent.com/38777/proposed-navajo-nation-coal-fired-power-plant-dealt-setback-by-feds

[Nederland]

1. A move in the right direction

Maybe someday environmental groups will put as much effort into opposing coal fired plants as they do nukes...

[JanusAscending]

2. If anyone saw 60 Minutes last night,

you'll understand WHY !! What an eyeopener that was. I think you can still log on to their website to see the clip with Leslie Stahl. The problem is with the coal ash. WHERE DO YOU PUT IT?? It's something that lasts FOREVER, and is highly toxic to life. The new head of the EPA said they are looking into new Fed. laws to address this question. As it stands now, there are NO FED. LAWS that protect us !!!

[kristopher]

3. Follow the link for video

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x212590

This thread is about the Stahl report and links to video.

[Nederland]

4. It lasts FOREVER, and is highly toxic to life?

Perhaps they should create a national disposal facility that would ensured all that ash would stay safe for millions of years. I hear there is a spot in Nevada that might be available...

[JanusAscending]

5. We are really up a creek without a paddle

aren't we?? Did you watch the video clip or see the show? When I think how many charcoal fires I've put out with water, and inhaled all that lye, no wonder I have COPD!! We used to use sifted coal ashes on our icy sidewalks when I was a kid. How did I live to be 70 ???

[NNadir]

6. Well that's remarkable, given that the Kayenta coal mines and the Black Mesa power plant

operated for decades, killing people continuously and producing zero bathetic fetishes from stupid people (including scientifically illiterate reporters named Timmy) even though everyone in North America has a deep personal heartfelt connection with all of the Navajo uranium miners who ever lived, excluding all those of course, who smoked cigarettes and dug coal, and um, who lived near soot spewing coal plants producing power for Vegas and LA.

They had a whole damn railroad dedicated for years to hauling coal to aeorsolize it all over native American lands.

To my knowledge, there was NOT ONE stupid anti-nuke who couldn't have cared less.