Sample Releases

Rep. Allen Denounces EPA Plan To Weaken Regulation Of Aging Power Plants

138 Members of Congress, led by Reps. Allen and Michaud sent a letter to President Bush on Monday expressing their concern over his proposal to weaken crucial aspects of the Clean Air Act that regulate mercury pollution from old, coal-burning electric power plants., 7/09/03
http://tomallen.house.gov/stopic.asp?issueID=29

New Report: 47,746 Children In  Montana  Breathing Pollution From Dirty Power Plants
Kids at Risk for Asthma, Birth Defects and Premature Death:
New Effort to Give Montana Parents All the Facts http://www.pirg.org/montpirg/extra/press/childrenrisk5-14-02.html

Northeast States Press For Clean Air
Coalition of Attorneys General Warns Administration Not to Gut Federal Clean Air Act.The attorneys general of nine northeastern states today warned the Bush administration not to undermine an ongoing state-federal effort to reduce power plant pollution that causes smog, acid rain and respiratory disease.  http://www.ago.state.ma.us/txt/northeas.htm

Press on Coal Burning Plants

Bush Administration Revises Air Pollution Rules -- Environmentalists: Clean air program undermined.   The Bush administration exempted thousands of older power plants, refineries and factories from having to install costly clean air controls when they modernize with new equipment that improves efficiency but increases pollution. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/27/clean.air.ap/index.html

Connecticut: State Takes Action On Mercury
A new Connecticut law that in five years will greatly reduce mercury emissions from the state's coal-burning power plants is being hailed as the first legislation of its kind in the nation - the product of an unusual collaboration between environmentalists and an energy company. HartfordCourant

Gaylord Nelson: Threat From Coal-Burning Power Plants Is Serious -- Unlike 30 years ago, today we know how heavy mercury pollution levels can poison our waterways and present a serious health hazard to our citizens. http://www.madison.com/captimes/opinion/column/guest/53839.php

State suing EPA over Clean Air -- New Hampshire will join at least two other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency for adopting a revision to the Clean Air Act that will allow the nation's oldest power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities to upgrade without installing modern pollution controls, the attorney general's office announced yesterday. http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/state2003/powerplants_090403_2003.shtml

Pataki chides EPA for easing emission rules -- Gov. George Pataki criticized a major environmental policy change by the Bush administration, saying on Wednesday he did not think that easing emissions restrictions on aging power plants was "appropriate."    Associated Press, Thursday, September 4, 2003.  http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?category=STATEOTHER&storyID=166646&BCCode=&newsdate=9/4/2003

Utility wants to replace coal-burner with wood-fueled generator -- New Hampshire's largest electric utility wants to replace a coal-burning generating plant with one that uses wood as fuel, pollutes less and doesn't raise rates. http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/state2003/nh__woodovercoal_2003.shtml

Clean Air Rule Change Raises Concerns In S.C.
It's going to be a lot easier for nearly a dozen aging coal-fired power plants throughout South Carolina to replace antiquated equipment without having to install costly new pollution-control equipment.  The Post and Courier (Charleston)

States Renew Their Bid To Block Weaker Clean Air Rules
Thirteen states, including Connecticut, have gone to court again in an effort to suspend the Bush administration's new, relaxed pollution rules for coal-burning power plants.
By Liz Halloran, Hartford Courant

08/08/2003: U.S.: Clean-Air Ruling Puts Blame On Ohio Utility
A federal judge ruled yesterday that FirstEnergy's Ohio Edison Co. violated the law by upgrading seven aging coal-fired power plants without installing anti-pollution equipment, in a case with major implications for future clean-air enforcement efforts.
By Eric Pianin, The WashingtonPost

SERC Press Archives

7/19/99 AP: EPA reviewing coal-fired plants

9/18/99 Environmental News Service: Coal Burning Power Plants Spewing Mercury 

1/7/01 Akron Beacon-Journal: Coal-burning plants getting more of the blame for smog

1/12/01 Portsmouth Herald Editorial: Make older power plants meet modern standards

3/15/01 CNN: Senators urge passage of Clean Power Act

4/24/01 Montpelier Times Argus: Massachusetts leads nation in cleaning up old power plants

8/15/01  WashingtonPost: EPA Delays Proposals on Coal-Fired Plants

8/26/01  PensacolaNews Journal: Older Plants, Higher Emissions

8/30/01  WashingtonPost: Deaths Raise Alarm on Power Plants

2/1/02  WashingtonPost: Study: Pollution May Cause Asthma

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