The US Supreme Court (?)

February 8th, 2010

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DuPont at work in West Virginia

February 7th, 2010
Worker killed by poison gas leak
February 5, 2010

the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (UUFN) hosts Markell and O’Mara

February 7th, 2010

The Newark UU’s are having a series called Green Matters Forum Series Wednesdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24, and March 3, 2010, from 7 to 9 pm.

Some more details, supposedly, are here. Read the rest of this entry »

DuPont at work in New Jersey

February 7th, 2010
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Families already reeling from news that their health might be imperiled by dangerous chemicals seeping from a defunct DuPont munitions factory may now have something else to worry about: declining property values in their Passaic County neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »

To Glowing GOP Praise, Obama Calls Nukes, Coal, And Oil Drilling ‘Clean Energy Jobs’

February 7th, 2010

From The Wonk Room

President Barack Obama’s discussion of energy policy in his first State of the Union address pandered to corporate interests while demoralizing his progressive supporters. Read the rest of this entry »

“The winter of America’s discontent”

February 7th, 2010

Winter Storm Warning

February 4th, 2010

Statement as of 1:43 PM EST on February 04, 2010

… Winter Storm Warning in effect from 4 PM Friday to 7 PM EST
Saturday… Read the rest of this entry »

Massachusetts Medical Society’s opposition to biomass plants

February 4th, 2010

Comment: This was published in the Greenfield [Mass.] Recorder on Jan 26, 2010, but doesn’t seem to be available online. This is not the only medical society to oppose these burners. Delaware, due to wise actions ten years ago, already has in place laws against “biomass” burners. These laws are under attack and need to be strengthened and clarified.

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The purpose of this article is to describe the process and scientific rationale for the resolution by the Massachusetts Medical Society opposing biomass plants. Read the rest of this entry »

Alert 674: “Tiny Virginia Town Approves Giant Coal-Fired Power Plant”

February 4th, 2010

Delaware Electric Cooperative involved

Friends, yesterday we reported on a potential agreement to shut down a 177 megawatt coal generating unit in Delaware.  That’s good news.  But we have a much nastier piece of coal news that also needs reporting.

The little town of Dendron , Virginia, population 293, over fifty percent black, this week narrowly approved permits for a 1500 megawatt coal unit.  Many residents of the area are strongly opposed, not wanting their community to be poisoned by a coal burner.  Check the project promoters’ page to see how the community is being mislead and manipulated. Read the rest of this entry »

“DNREC negotiating permanent shutdown of additional coal unit at Indian River Power Plant”

February 3rd, 2010

As our readers know, Green Delaware advocates a phase-out of coal burning in Delaware as the only reasonable solution to the multiple problems caused by the “coal cycle.”   Indian River Unit 3 is a 177 megawatt (nameplate capacity) coal burning steam-electric unit started up in 1970. Read the rest of this entry »