Power Plants. This story today in the Louisville Courier-Journal reports:
New controls on coal-fired power plants, including some operated by LG&E Energy, are dramatically reducing a pollutant that causes smog. The reductions in nitrogen oxides by more than 90 percent on some smoke stacks may help explain cleaner air in Louisville and throughout the Southeast, officials said. And they are prompting questions by environmentalists about whether the new pollution controls should operate year-round, instead of only for five months.Odor problem. In the contining story of the New Castle odor problem the Muncie Star-Press has this story today: "Prof says odor is machining fluids."
Flood-plain buyouts. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today that "Flood-plain buyouts under way in Decatur." A quote:
More than 50 homes suffered significant damage in last summer’s flooding along the St. Marys River in Decatur and now stand vacant. Sixteen of those homes have been targeted for purchase and demolition, in an effort to mitigate future flood damage. The more than $717,000 to buy the homes comes from a federal grant administered through the State Emergency Management Agency.Gas and oil drilling. The Washington Post reports today:
Interior Department officials announced this week they will delay some new oil and gas projects on public lands until they can evaluate drilling's effects on wildlife. Some hunters' and anglers' groups hailed the initiative, though several environmentalists said that it meant little in light of the administration's push for energy development on federal property.More? Possibily more stories later. Posted by Marcia Oddi at August 18, 2004 08:36 AM