Not exact matches
In fact, the drought in the U.S. southeast this past year
threatened to close nuclear
plants in North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's hydroelectric
power generation
by half.
With all that renewable energy comes over 100,000 jobs, and a huge reduction in carbon dioxide (27 million pounds of CO2 that is not emitted
by power plants) and a reduction in smog producing nitrogen oxides and the health
threatening fine particulate matter.
The water quality at our beaches is
threatened by pollution from urban and agricultural runoff, sewage spills and overflows, and waste discharged into the ocean
by industry, sewage treatment
plants and
power plants.
The stunning upset
by Trump, who has routinely suggested that climate change is a hoax,
threatens to unravel President Obama's climate action agenda, built on executive orders and regulations, including the Environmental Protection Agency's carbon clampdown at
power plants.
By the end of the century, the state estimates that a 55 - inch (4.6 feet) sea - level rise could
threaten «$ 100 billion in property and infrastructure, including roadways, buildings, hazardous waste sites,
power plants, and parks and tourist destinations.»
Unfortunately, if EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has his way, our waterways and our health will remain
threatened by our nation's leading source of toxic water pollution — coal fired
power plants.
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Alex Epstein claimed, in a Forbes article, that health risks related to the release of mercury
by coal fired
power plants were a «myth» while the «truth» is that «Shutting down coal
power will make electricity more expensive and
threaten human health, while the impact on mercury exposure would be so small that it will have no observable effect.»
Wind
Power (4/30/13) reports: «The decision follows a warning in March
by interim energy minister Asen Vasilev that around 40 % of wind and solar
plants could potentially be curtailed... Vasilev claimed their failure to provide real - time data on production was
threatening the stability of the system and made them non-compliant with the law.»