What happens to coal after it's get burnt?

[IanG]

I completely missed this story....

Story

“...concentrated levels of mercury and arsenic.” And that is, as Richard Graves puts it, “more than 100 times larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster ...

The NY Times reported that in the US, coal plants produce 129 million tons of postcombustion byproducts a year. It’s the second-largest waste stream in the country, after municipal solid waste, and it’s storage and handling is unregulated. Who knew?

http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/30/t ... dge-spill/

Second, the Kingston plant, surrounded by residential tracts, had little room to grow and simply piled its ash higher and higher, though officials said the pond whose wall gave way was not over capacity.

I'm off to check the bbc web site .....

<edit> Nothing! Amazing given some of the dross that finds its way on to our 'news'

[chrisc]

I completely missed this story....

Pay attention!

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... hp?t=10155

[IanG]

Thanks,

in my defence, I was out with cold/virus thing that was doing the rounds.

Was it on/in any main stream UK media?

Search BBC web site and got no hits

[mobbsey]

What happens to coal after it's get burnt?

The police infringe the civil rights of harmless middle class birdswatchers in order force through a scheme by RWE npower to dump the fuel ash in gravel pits on the banks of the River Thames (pity about the boron leaching into the rover water!):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... ion-police

[IanG]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... ion-police

they now feature on an official list of domestic extremists.

Oooo an ASBO for adults,.... I want one

Netcu site carries images of people marching with banners, of peace campaigners standing outside a military base, and of the Rebel Clown Army (whose members dress up as clowns to show that they have peaceful intentions).