jackshoegazer | (no subject)

I am drinking alternately hot jasmine green tea and iced lemon water while writing a six-page paper for my Environmental Issues class on the controversy surrounding the three coal-burning power plants on the isthmus here in Madison.

Apparently all three of them have no pollution controls or scrubbers whatsoever, in clear violation of the Clean Air Act. The Sierra Club has sued them to get the problem fixed but even though they won the suit, nothing has changed. I've contacted MG&E to find out what the excuse is, and I'm waiting to hear back from someone. I found one article talking about how they'll stop burning coal at the plant that was built in 1902 by 2011, but that doesn't really assuage my worries.

As you were.

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That's just sad. Regulations are in place for a reason. My husband is a reactor operator, so I get to hear all about the intense scrutiny of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Of course, coal doesn't scare people the way nuclear energy does, but the violations still need correction.

I hope you get a reply from MG&E, but somehow I don't think they'll say anything intelligible.

Basically, they claim they were in compliance, but the lawsuit went against them - when they upgraded other equipment they should have also installed the scrubbers and other clean technology. They are being forced to do it now :P