Comments on: Indian Tribe Files Suit Against Nevada Coal Plant http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/26/tribe-nevada-coal-plant-falsified-pollution-data/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: GeorgeG http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/26/tribe-nevada-coal-plant-falsified-pollution-data/#comment-159367 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49970#comment-159367 ‘Legal limits’ is a flimsy term. Safe limits are not the same thing as legal limits. Legal limits for emissions of coal plants are much more lenient than for other industries. Note that the EPA, thanks to the GOP, no longer reports mercury emissions from coal plants. The main reason there are any legal limits is to define the least a plant operator must do and protect them against liability for harm that they do. The legal limits, such as they are are unscientific: it is obvious that proximity to the stack, height of the stack, weather patterns, terrain and other parameters are all factors determining the safety risk. Further, legal limits only apply to some HAPs (hazardous airborne pollutants). For example, anyone living in proximity to a large coal plant is exposed to more radioactive isotopes than if they lived near a nuclear power plant (no legal limit on that). For comparison, individuals face legal limits for HAPs that come out of their tailpipes for which coal plants have no legal limit. But this case is worse as ash is a condensed and concentrated version of airborne emissions and blown and leaching ash is a significant part of the problem; the utility’s reference to their stack emissions is misdirection in this regard. And, there are no national standards for disposal of coal ash – it’s not easy being green but it’s easy to be legal.

]]> By: aligatorhardt http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/26/tribe-nevada-coal-plant-falsified-pollution-data/#comment-156272 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49970#comment-156272 Legal limits on particulate and CO2 emissions have not been established at healthy levels. For too long polluters have been given legal rights to poison citizens. Make coal power operators responsible for their harms.

]]> By: Otis11 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/26/tribe-nevada-coal-plant-falsified-pollution-data/#comment-156259 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49970#comment-156259 “he dismissed assertions that the plant spews toxic pollution that threatens the health of nearby Moapa community residents. ”

Even if it was within allowable levels, that’s still not true. We know the fine particles released by coal power plants cause health problems, even if they are within legal limits.

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