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Coal ash is toxic. But not hazardous?
Original Author:
John Kaufman
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial today calls for a "thorough investigation" into the Oak Creek power plant bluff collapse/coal ash spill into Lake Michigan. But, say the editors, let's not call coal ash "hazardous waste" , which would force the building of hazardous waste landfills, cost WE Energies $300 million a year, raise our electricity rates and reduce the marketability of recycled coal ash products.
Dear editors, this is the price of burning coal. Coal as a fuel is cheap only if we exclude the considerable costs of coal's mining (now mostly destructive strip mining and longwall mining) and coal's burning (air & water pollution, toxic ash and carbon dioxide.) What we don't pay for upfront we must pay for through environmental degradation and its costs to human health and taxpayer-funded clean-ups.
Coal ash is toxic. But not hazardous?
Original Author:
John Kaufman
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial today calls for a "thorough investigation" into the Oak Creek power plant bluff collapse/coal ash spill into Lake Michigan. But, say the editors, let's not call coal ash "hazardous waste" , which would force the building of hazardous waste landfills, cost WE Energies $300 million a year, raise our electricity rates and reduce the marketability of recycled coal ash products.
Dear editors, this is the price of burning coal. Coal as a fuel is cheap only if we exclude the considerable costs of coal's mining (now mostly destructive strip mining and longwall mining) and coal's burning (air & water pollution, toxic ash and carbon dioxide.) What we don't pay for upfront we must pay for through environmental degradation and its costs to human health and taxpayer-funded clean-ups.
Ending Secure Communities and 287(g) in an Already Anti-Migrant State
Yesterday, almost civil and human rights organizations from across the United States, and a few international organizations, sent a letter to the Secretary of Honeland Security, urging her to stop deportation programs like 287(g) and Secure Communities in Alabama. Many of the signatories, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), had already been calling for [...]
Singled Out due to Alabama’s HB56
The ACLU has produced this video that shares the story of Cineo Gonzalez and his daughter who was given a paper in front of her entire class that explains HB56 in Spanish. When Gonzalez spoke with the principal asking why his daughter was receiving this information, the principal replied “they give this paper to all [...]
Armistice Day to be observed Friday at Milwaukee City Hall
Armistice Day program on Nov. 11
to feature speakers, music, poetry
Milwaukee Veterans for Peace will sponsor its third annual Armistice Day observance on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 pm in the rotunda of Milwaukee City Hall.
Ruth Conniff, political editor of The Progressive, will be the main speaker at the one-hour program, which will also include remarks by Iraq veteran Zach LaPorte, music by Robin Pluer, poetry by Harvey Taylor, and commemoration of Wisconsin's war dead.
Ruth Conniff covers national politics for The Progressive and is a voice of The Progressive on many TV and radio programs. Conniff was a regular on CNN's Sunday Capital Gang and is now a regular on PBS's To the Contrary. She also has appeared frequently on C-SPAN's Washington Journal and on NPR and Pacifica. Conniff's op-ed commentaries have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. She also contributes regularly to Isthmus, Madison's weekly newspaper.
Armistice Day program on Nov. 11
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