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...That's why a decision issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board is so important. Responding to a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club over a new coal plant being build on American Indian reservation land in Utah, the board ruled that the EPA has no valid reason to refuse to regulate the CO2 emissions that come from new coal-powered plants. The decision pointed to a May 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court that recognized CO2, the main cause of climate change, is indeed a pollutant under the federal Clean...
...Sierra Club had originally sued to stop the construction of Deseret Power's Bonanza Generating Station in Vernal, Utah, part of their nationwide campaign to stop new coal. The 110-megawatt plant, which received its EPA permit in July 2007, would have emitted 3.37 million tons of CO2 a year - the equivalent to putting another 660,000 cars on the road. In detail, Thursday's decision means that any new air pollution permits for coal plants will require that Best Available Control Technology (BACT) be used to reduce CO2 emissions, the same criteria currently used for other pollutants, like sulfur...
...Tree Foot Powder and Spray For intense reekage (of my Adidas gym shoes, for instance, which have been properly funktified after many a sockless summer) opt for a product with tea tree oil, a natural antiseptic. Thursday Plantation - which is based in Australia, home to the Melaleuca plant from which tea tree oil is derived - has a collection of antifungal products, including a deodorizing, talc-free foot powder, as well as a spray. Powders are messy but necessary for serious offenses; the spray is a better alternative for less heinous stink, whether it's from shoes or feet. The products...
...They committed to maintaining their forest for the future and acting as stewards of that forest,” said George Weiblen, a professor of plant biology at the University of Minnesota who received his Ph.D from Harvard...
Researchers from the CTFS will conduct a census in which every woody plant greater than a centimeter in diameter will be marked, mapped, tagged, and identified, Weiblen said...