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...their study, entitled, "Health Effects of Fossil Fuel Burning--Assessment and Mitigation," the researchers proposed the imposition of a tax on each pound of sulfur released by industrial plants in the country. At current levels, the proposed tax would raise $53 billion, which the authors of the study would rebate to citizens living near polluting plants...
...problem of sulfur pollution and the need for effective control policies will increase as the country shifts from oil to coal usage. Richard Wilson, professor of Physics and researcher at Harvard's energy and environmental policy center, said yesterday. "As the country prepares to burn coal more extensively, we have very little margin for safety." he added...
...contrast, the researchers suggest a sulfur tax that would range from 50 cents a pound in rural areas to $3 in cities. Monitors would be set up at the 1200 biggest power plants, steel mills and factories in the nation to measure how much pollution they emit...
...region's most valuable energy resources, coal could easily replace them if Washington so decides. The Mountain States hold some 50% of the nation's recoverable coal, with Montana and Wyoming containing the richest reserves. Wyoming alone has eight times as much low-sulfur coal as West Virginia and Kentucky combined. At the moment, the Powder River Basin straddling Montana and Wyoming attracts the most mining. Arco, Exxon, Sun and Kerr-McGee are already clawing the land, while Shell, Mobil and Peabody are laying plans to share in the basin's 40 billion tons of recoverable coal...
...surface has been affected, the damage is already distressingly obvious. Marble that was once a bright white is now streaked with pitting that gives it a yellowish cast. Some red sandstone of adjoining buildings has actually begun to flake. The chief culprits are believed to be coal dust and sulfur dioxide fumes; these help create sulfuric acid that attacks the calcium carbonate of the marble. Most of the pollution comes from two coal-fired power plants, a large railroad switching yard and myriad small coal-burning foundries. Still more pollution may be in the offing from a new oil refinery...