TRI: the preliminary data
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Preliminary figures released by the utility industry on the amounts of certain chemicals released from US coal-fired plants in 1998 showed that a high amount of chemicals have been emitted. However, a study has shown that the concentrations of utility releases are at levels too low to pose a public health concern. It was also concluded that inhalation cancer risks, even for the theoretical maximally exposed person, were below the level of regulatory concern. Reporting of chemical releases through the Toxics Release Inventory of the EPA has been expanded to include electric utilities and six other industries.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1999
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Planting the forest for the trees
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American Electric Power plans to plant as much as 15 million hardwoods and pine trees on about 20,000 acres to help in decreasing environmental pollution. The plan banks on the effectiveness on completed researches that have revealed the ability of trees to capture environmental gases such as carbon dioxide during their photosynthetic activity. The firm projects that it will be able to absorb around 1.6 million tons of the polluting gas over a period of 30 years.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1995
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