Have you ever wondered what the power plants near your house are like? Now you can find out how clean your local power plant is.
Around 129 million tons of coal combustion waste (CCW) is produced at American power plants every year. A threat to public health, CCW makes up the second-largest waste stream after municipal solid waste. Here’s a list of the top 25 dirtiest power plants in the United States from the ISS, in terms of coal waste:
- Stanton Energy Center; Orlando, FL
- Sherburne County Generating Plant; Becker, MN
- Coal Creek Station; Underwood, ND
- Scherer Steam Electric Plant; Juliette, GA
- Detroit Edison Monroe Power Plant; Monroe, MI
- Gibson Generating Station; Owensville, IN
- Gorgas Steam Plant; Parrish, AL
- Cholla Power Plant; Joseph City, AZ
- Wansley Steam Plant; Roopville, GA
- Kentucky Utilities Ghent Station; Ghent, KY
- J.M Stuart Station; Manchester, OH
- Branch Steam Plant; Milledgeville, GA
- Barry Steam Plant; Bucks, AL
- Gaston Steam Plant; Wilsonville, AL
- Miller Steam Plant; Quinton, AL
- Lacygne Generating Station; Lacygne, KS
- Gallatin Fossil Plant; Gallatin, TN
- Boswell Energy Center; Cohasset, MN
- Leland Olds Station; Stanton, ND
- Widows Creek Fossil Plant; Stevenson, AL
- Paradise Fossil Plant; Drakesboro, KY
- Labadie Power Plant; Labadie, MO
- Kingston Fossil Plant; Harriman, TN
- Cardinal Plant; Brilliant, OH
- Bowen Steam Plant; Cartersville, GA
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Why are sources for these not cited? It’s standard to cite sources when telling the public about such matters. Please, don’t you want to be taken seriously?
I would appreciate if when the sources are cited, I receive an email about what they are. Thanks.
I thought this was going to be another long boring blog post, but I was pleasantly suprised. I will be posting a backlink on my blog, as I am quite sure my readers will find this more than interesting.
Thanks for the interesting post