February 2009 - Santee RIVERKEEPER - Santee RIVERKEEPER® Alliance

A Year of Pollution

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, a single 500-megawatt coal plant produces 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours, enough electricity to power a city of about 140,000 people for a year. Each year the power plant consumes: · 1,430,000 tons of...

Published 02-21-2009 5:36 AM by Riverkeeper

Filed under: Coal, Pollution, Mercury

SCDHEC Decision Makers - Not Online With Clean Energy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2009 Media Contact: Mark C. Bruce Santee RIVERKEEPER ® Riverkeeper@SanteeRiverkeeper.org http://www.SanteeRiverkeeper.org SCDHEC Decision Makers - Not Online With Clean Energy North Santee, SC - With South Carolina...

Published 02-17-2009 11:22 PM by Riverkeeper

Coal plant wins DHEC board approval

By SAMMY FRETWELL - The State Santee Cooper won an important victory Thursday in its quest to build a $2.2 billion coal-fired power plant near Florence, persuading the state’s environmental protection agency that the utility is entitled to an air...

Published 02-17-2009 2:06 AM by Riverkeeper

Filed under: Electricity, Coal, Fishing, Plant

Sanford opposes coal plant

Governor says coal too expensive now to fuel state facility By JOHN MONK and SAMMY FRETWELL - sfretwell@thestate.com jmonk@thestate.com Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday came out against Santee Cooper’s proposed $2.2 billion coal-fired power plant...

Published 02-12-2009 7:41 PM by Riverkeeper

Filed under: Coal, Governor, Plant

The State - Pee Dee Project: DNR opposes coal-fired plant

Santee Cooper chief objects to timing of comments By JOHN MONK - jmonk@thestate.com The head of the state Department of Natural Resources has denounced Santee Cooper’s proposed $2 billion coal-fired plant in Florence County. DNR director John Frampton...

Published 02-11-2009 5:28 AM by Riverkeeper

The State - SCE&G decides on lake flow levels

Utility to release more water than residents favor, less than officials want By TIM FLACH - tflach@thestate.com SCE&G plans to release more water from Lake Murray into rivers downstream during a drought than homeowners favor, but less than state natural...

Published 02-11-2009 5:12 AM by Riverkeeper

Elloree Trials

The Santee Riverkeeper will be attending this event.

Published 02-10-2009 3:52 PM by Riverkeeper

There is no clean coal!!!

#1: Coal Increases Rates of Disease The United States burns more than a billion tons of coal each year – that’s 20 pounds of coal for every person in the country, every day. According to the American Lung Association, 24,000 people a year...

Published 02-08-2009 9:33 AM by Riverkeeper

Lake wind advisory

Issued by The National Weather Service Columbia, SC 2:56 pm EST, Wed., Feb. 4, 2009 ... LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE OFF...

Published 02-04-2009 3:28 PM by Riverkeeper

February 2009 - Santee RIVERKEEPER

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