Archive for September, 2008

where is the first coal-fired thermal power plant in the world?


coal power
neverwas31 asked:


when was it built?

Plains Justice: Fighting Coal Power in the Midwest USA


IowaIndependent asked:


http://www.iowaindependent.com

Carrie LeSeur, of the non-profit law firm Plains Justice, talks about some of the reasons she gave up practicing law at a private firm and started doing environmental justice work.

She spoke in front of 500 gathered at a Sept 9 rally on Merle Bell’s farm.

http://plainsjustice.org/

http://www.iowaindependent.com

© 2007 Iowa Independent


What do you think of NETL and FutureGen efforts regarding clean coal-fired power plants in the near future?


coal power
Amy L asked:


http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/peer-review/2007/APS%20Peer%20Review%20Meeting_Panelist%20Bios%20for%20Binder_071207.pdf
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/futuregen/index.html

Gristmill waded through a 70-some page GAO report and pulled out this paragraph to express their concerns:

The “DOE and industry have not demonstrated the technological feasibility of the long-term storage of carbon dioxide captured by a large-scale, coal-based power plant,” according to a December 2006 GAO report.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07106.pdf
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/9/2/14286/68801

Your thoughts? I’ll share some of mine a bit later.