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Climate change isn’t what’s driving some U.S. coal-fired power plants to shut down — instead it's the expense of stricter pollution controls on their wastewater. Dozens of power plants nationwide plan to shut down later this decade to comply with stricter federal wastewater guidelines.
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A Trump administration rollback of rules for toxic waste water from coal plants won’t have an immediate effect on coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania,…
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In a settlement with environmental groups, the Pennsylvania Department of Environment agreed to require coal-fired power plants to obtain water pollution…
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Every year the King Coal parade winds through the center of Carmichaels. Hundreds of people line up to see the fire engines, classic cars, floats, and…
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Around the country, dozens of coal-fired power plants are racing to install pollution controls to comply with new mercury rules from the Environmental…
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Pittsburgh does not have the best air quality in the nation- far from it- but ask anyone who grew up in the city before the 1950’s and they’ll tell you…
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Pittsburgh does not have the best air quality in the nation- far from it- but ask anyone who grew up in the city before the 1950’s and they’ll tell you…
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Pennsylvania is the fourth-largest coal-producing state in the nation and Fred Hails, a fifth-generation coal miner from Washington County, wants to see…
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Climate change activist Bill McKibben has been spending considerable time in Pittsburgh recently, first for the Power Shift 2013 conference in October,…
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Coal advocates, union leaders, and tradesmen were joined by U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (PA-R-18) in the Allegheny County Courthouse’s courtyard to denounce new…