Billowing out of a wide exhaust stack, it looks like it could be a major source of air pollution.
But the water vapor in the plume is actually a sign that the Pasadena plant is one of the cleanest coal-fired plants in the nation, company officials said.
It's part of the company's long-awaited use of flue-gas desulfurization - or wet scrubbers - that cut sulfur dioxide emissions by an estimated 95 percent and mercury emissions by 90 percent.
"It's a step forward not only for us, but for the state...
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by the way - 2010-03-08 12:16:52
my last post title should read " 'slots neighborhoods' are looking desirable"...
If people think having gambling in their neighborhood is bad, try living under the stack of a mercury emitting power plant.
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"Slots neighborhoods" are looking d - 2010-03-08 12:12:54
According to the last article about this, Mercury Emissions were down 90%... SO for residents living in the immediate vicinity, Im sure it is of little comfort to know that they are still breathing and living around that remaining 10% of one of the worst Mercury emitting plants in the nation.
This scrubber project doesnt address carbon dioxide emissions? Really? This is generally accepted as the leading cause of global warming.
Then you have the issue with the new flyash landfill... a 200 foot tall pile of flyash that thousands of people commute past every day... and within a stones throw of local communities.
So now our politicians are saying Constellation deserves a round of applause?
Constellation made these changes because they HAD to... not for the health of the local communities or for the environment.
If they were interested in this, they would be phasing this plant out of this heavily populated, already heavily polluted area.
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