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Coal+ fire + water = electricity: Danger to Mobile River

By: Emily Bailey | Contributor Photo credit: Mobile Baykeeper Toxic coal ash from an Alabama Power plant continues to leech into Mobile River, and residents have one more day to sign a petition urging the state to order an excavation and cleanup. The 21 million tons of ash, a byproduct of the coal-burning process that provides electricity to the Mobile region, is mixed with water … Continue reading Coal+ fire + water = electricity: Danger to Mobile River

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Could Texas’s Powergrid Failure Just be the Beginning?

By: Lucas Green | Contributor Photo credit: npr.org. A historical winter storm blasted the United States from Feb. 13-17, but nowhere felt the effects harder than Texas, and it may be just the beginning. Texas is unique from the majority of the U.S. in that it has a private power grid from any other state. Many Texans and Texas politicians carry this as a sense … Continue reading Could Texas’s Powergrid Failure Just be the Beginning?

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