Thursday, September 9, 2010

WE Energies and Water Contamination

5:32 AM  Justin Mitchell  3 comments

A new report out has identified a WE Energies coal power plant in southern Wisconsin as a likely cause of water contamination from its coal ash dump site. The EPA is currently looking at ways to regulate and control this dangerous byproduct.

According to the Racine Journal Times:

"Almost 40 coal ash dump sites in 21 states, including Wisconsin, are contaminating groundwater or surface water with toxic metals like arsenic, mercury or lead"

May WPS do better.

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3 comments:

There is no such thing as clean coal.

Wow!
Isn't reusing fly ash a good thing?
It isn't all bad is it?
Many companies are using it in cement for example to reduce the cost and recycle fly ash.

Of course it is nice to reuse the waste in a potentially safe method. Obviously coal is absolutely destructive to everything in our environment, so simply reusing the junk from it doesn't mean it is "good".

And obviously it might be more appropriate to store the material in a manner that doesn't pollute our already coal-byproduct polluted waters.

It could be considered too bad when we are at such a state that some people are no longer fazed by a company polluting our water. Uninformed and uneducated? Just so numbed down with pollution happening everywhere and defended by polluters as just a byproduct of progress?

Instead of showing concern for our water, our physical health (regular air pollution warnings caused by our coal plants), and our economic health (no coal comes from wisconsin, sending billions out of state), some are surprised that a reader doesn't like coal, and is calling out the dishonesty of a clean coal.

Sure, cleaner coal may be better than 1970s coal processing. But is still extremely bad. Kind of like calling something a smart bomb because it hits a target 5% more accurately than the previous rate of 10%.

Wow! indeed.

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