Posted on 07/26/2011 10:12:09 AM PDT by zippythepinhead
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The owners of a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation won't know until at least next year whether they'll have to install expensive equipment aimed at clearing the air around places like the Grand Canyon.
The U.S. Environmental Protection agency said it will begin consultations with tribes next month on the potential impact of further reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from the Navajo Generating Station near Page. Those consultations and a study from the Interior Department will better help the agency reach a decision that was expected this summer, EPA officials said.
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This makes it appropriate for government regulation to make the operators expense the true cost of their operation rather than dumping some of it onto local residents and tourists in America's most scenic area.
Smoky air in the Grand Canyon is quite noticeable on windless days. Welcome to the wonderful world of No Nukes.
Nothing kills businesses and jobs like uncertainty of an unpredictable government. I don’t know why anyone would risk their savings to start a business in today’s political climate.
***The coal-fired plants in the Four Corners area have significantly increased air pollution there.****
When I lived there, the APS plant on the south side of the road on Navajo rez land was belching lots of smoke and ash. The San Juan Power plant on the north side of the road was as clean as a whistle.
I read that they finally put precipitators or scrubbers on the APS plant to clean it up several years ago.
Coal fired plants have upgraded and put in a large amount of money to reduce ash, toxins, etc. So if we shut down this power plant who suffers? Everyone. Less power for the grid to meet growing power needs, out of work Navajo and other workers of the area, coal miners, and transportation workers who move the coal on truck and rail.
Coal fired plants are cleaning up the best they can and I have yet to hear of anyone dying from coal fired electricity air pollution. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Must be all those forest fires or campers.
That is what Obama USA is all about. Kill innovation, business, progress, and choice. Seig heil!
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