Power Plants
June 27, 2009--House passes climate bill (Durango Herald)
In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims
May 2, 2009--EPA seeks rule for utilities' runoff (Washington Post)
Faced with new evidence that utilities across the country are dumping toxic sludge into waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to impose new restrictions on the level of contaminants powe
April 5, 2009--Mercury mystery in state waters (Denver Post)
The idyllic scene — calm, slate-blue waters fringed by evergreens and snow — belied the problem: a build-up of dangerous mercury in the reservoir's walleye.
- Brush Hollow Reservoir
- Carter Lake
- Chatfield Reservoir
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Colorado Division of Wildlife
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Flood
- Horsetooth Reservoir
- Lake Pueblo
- Mercury
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Power Plants
- Press Clippings
- Totten Reservoir
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Water Contamination
- Water Pollution
- Water Quality
March 16, 2009--Proposed coal plants equal 18 million tons of ash annually (Environmental News Service)
Fifty-four coal-burning power plants on drawing boards across the United States would produce nearly 18 million tons of waste each year, including toxic metals, according to a new analysis by the nonprofit
February 24, 2009--Court turns down utilities over mercury emissions (Denver Post)
Such a plan would have allowed some power plants to release more mercury pollution than others, creating localized "hot spots" where concentrations are higher, states and environmental groups argued.
December 2, 2008--Court urged to side with power plants against fish (Denver Post)
The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let the nation's older power plants draw in billions of gallons of water for cooling without installing technology that would best protect fish
November 21, 2008--Power plants to track mercury (Denver Post)
The state Air Quality Control Commission on Thursday approved a requirement for systematic monitoring of mercury emissions from power plants starting Jan. 1.
