Sentences with phrase «fuel plants kill»

After all, no one has ever died in a commercial nuclear power accident on American soil; in contrast, emissions from fossil - fuel plants kill 24,000 Americans each year, according to a 2004 report commissioned by the Clean Air Task Force, an environmental group.

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And if you really want to complicate things, check out this study, which estimates that fossil - fuel powered plants kill 24 million birds a year.

According to the report, more than a quarter of the water withdrawn by fossil - fuel power plants to cool their generators goes up in steam — the remainder carries pollutants and excess heat into rivers and waterways, causing fish kills and algae blooms.

Today, amid an anemic economy and joblessness far worse than official government figures admit, President Obama balks at approving the Keystone XL pipeline, cancels leasing and drilling on federal lands, tells our budget - sequestered military to buy $ 26 to $ 67 - per - gallon ship and jet fuel, punishes refineries for not buying cellulosic ethanol that doesn't exist, and happily lets EPA shut down coal - fired power plants and kill countless thousands of mining, utility and other jobs.

Fossil fuels operating normally kill far more people than nuclear plants do when they malfunction.