Word: coale
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...fanatic environmentalist by any means, but some basic consideration for the health of the environment—and more importantly, our own—is clearly warranted. What puzzles me, however, is that the coal-burning power industry seems to disagree...
...revision came about as a result of intense pressure from the coal-burning power industry, whose concern for cost and profit has led to fierce resistance to the regulations. But, it’s none other than coal-burning power plants that serve as the largest providers of unregulated airborne mercury pollution. Pumping out about 48 tons per year, these plants obviously pose a huge hazard to our health yet are receiving unduly lenient treatment...
...doctors’ offices are replacing mercury-based blood pressure gauges with alternative instruments. And one state, Connecticut, is taking the lead in initiating a ban on mercury-based thermometers. At a time when mercury is being phased out from its other uses, we cannot allow the 1,100 coal- and oil- fired power plants—the largest source of mercury pollution—to simply slide...
...help him sell it at home. But is another report good for anything more than p.r.? "On economic reform, France and Germany are laggards, not the avant garde," says Grant. Their state sectors are bloated and labor markets rigid; France protects its energy sector from foreign competition; Germany subsidizes coal production. On many crucial economic questions, like the strong euro, the leaders are irrelevant. Blair, whose economy is healthiest, is convinced international endorsement will help his colleagues sell reform at home - but that sounds a bit unrealistic since Chirac and Schröder are hardly in a position to deliver...
Turkey’s accession to the EU would prove the organization is neither a “club of coal and steel” nor a “Christian club,” but a “union of political values,” Erdogan said to whistling and shouts of approval from some members of the audience...