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• Dirty Air, Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due to Air Pollution from Power Plants

  Asthma attacks, respiratory disease, heart attacks, and premature deaths – all of these are among the serious public health problems caused by air pollution from the electric power sector. In 2000, the Clean Air Task Force, on behalf of the Clear the Air campaign, commissioned Abt Associates to quantify the…

  Reports & Papers June 1, 2004

• Not in My Lifetime: The Fight for Clean Water in Town of Pines, Indiana

  This is the story of the Town of Pines, Indiana, an ordinary American town where hard-working people live and raise their families. In recent years however, the residents have discovered that their drinking water has been contaminated by coal combustion waste generated at a nearby coal-fired power plant. For at…

  Reports & Papers April 1, 2004

• Wounded Waters: The Hidden Side of Power Plant Pollution

  Power plants are widely recognized as major sources of air pollutants that damage human health and the environment. Less well recognized is the damage they cause to water, both as large users and polluters. These damages are the hidden dimension of power generation pollution. Lifting the veil off this problem…

  Reports & Papers February 1, 2004

• EPA’s Decision to Exempt Older Power Plants from New Water-Using Technology Requirements

  Fact Sheet February 1, 2004

• Ozone Standard Implementation Rule

  Filing September 5, 2003

• Minefill Practices for Power Plant Waste: An Initial Review and Assessment of the Pennsylvania System

  There are high-volume materials associated in some areas with coal mining and reclamation that can cause severe environmental impacts. Improperly managed and controlled, they are a source of toxic levels of pH, strong mineralization of contact water and elevated concentrations of major, minor and /or trace metals, anionic species and/or…

  Reports & Papers May 1, 2003

• Mercury and Midwest Power Plants

  Residents in the Midwest share a rich tradition of outdoor recreation in our forests, lakes and rivers. However, we also share a common threat to these traditions: mercury from coal-fired power plants. Across the United States, including the Great Lakes region, mercury pollution has contaminated freshwater and saltwater fish. This…

  Reports & Papers February 1, 2003

• Nitrogen Oxide Emissions and Midwest Power Plants

  The release of nitrogen into our environment has more than doubled over the past century, contributing to problems such as ground level ozone, acid rain and other environmental challenges. In the Midwest, coal-fired power plants are one of the largest sources of nitrogen oxide pollution, accounting for 30 percent of…

  Reports & Papers January 1, 2003