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...experimental rock. “There is nothing we can’t do,” declare the lovers in “Stillness Is The Move,” and it seems that, for Dirty Projectors, the same holds true. —Staff writer Chris R. Kingston can be reached at kingston@fas.harvard.edu...
...miserable candidate. He is wooden, he is stiff, he can't improvise. His image is that he is not a very decisive leader, somebody who's not so charismatic, not so strong-willed." - Jeff Kingston, Temple University Director of Asian Studies...
...opposition to coal. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue to regard “clean coal” as a potential major source of green energy. Despite significant advances in coal technology, commendable progress in reducing air pollution, and reductions in mining’s environmental impact, the Kingston spill demonstrates that coal is not yet a viable option for long-term “clean” fuel production. The accident should cause Americans to demand tighter regulation of fly-ash disposal as well as to re-examine the long-term role of coal in our energy supply...
...Therefore, it is no great surprise that power generators routinely store fly ash in unsafe conditions—and not just in Kingston. A 2007 EPA report concluded that fly ash had contaminated surface and ground water at 67 sites. Last month, the Department of the Interior found that 27 percent of American freshwater fish contained unsafe levels of mercury; fly-ash pollution is a likely contributing factor. The coal industry’s failure to safely dispose of fly ash has put hundreds of American towns in harm’s way. A rapid and meaningful response from...
...Thirty years ago, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident spurred Congress and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make nuclear power plants safer. Similarly, the Kingston spill has revealed a need for government action and greater responsibility from coal-burning utilities. The coal industry must be pressured by the public and elected officials into becoming as “clean” as it can be. Despite what the industry may publicly proclaim, there is no such thing as clean coal, at least not yet. Nobody knows this better than the people of Kingston, Tennessee...