When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
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State And Federal Agencies Talk To Citizens About Coal Ash
Posted:
Apr 14, 2014 5:30 PM EDT
By Heather Rosenbaum
Danville, VA - Concerned citizens were getting their chance Monday night to talk one-on-one with experts about the coal ash spill. The forum was at Danville's Community Market.
The purpose of the event was to inform the public on the clean up. Duke Energy has blocked off Abrou-Grogan Park to work on gathering as much coal ash as possible.
And Monday night, Duke was at the meeting, along with several agencies from Virginia and North Carolina to answer questions. According to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Duke has not yet started the dredging process. They are still waiting on permits to start. They hope to begin on May 1st.
Other agencies like the Virginia Department of Health, the Fish and Wildlife Services, the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, and North Carolina DENR were all there. DEQ told people that they are on a three-year plan to take fish and water samples from the river.
"I'm a grandparent of 2 grandchildren. Although they live in the county and have well water, I'm still concerned. I've been worried about uranium mining and we thought we had that straight and now we have the coal ash spill," said Jordan.
The dredging process is expected to be done by July 1st. That's when they will re-open the park.
DANVILLE, Va. — The Environmental Protection Agency held an open forum Monday to discuss removing coal ash from the Dan River near the Schoolfield Dam.
Duke Energy is focusing cleanup efforts in Danville after teams found a 2,500-ton deposit of coal ash near the Schoolfield Dam.
Abreu Grogan Park will be closed while crews work to vacuum sediment out of the water and then move it to lined landfills in Virginia and North Carolina.
Representatives from several agencies including the U.S. EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Health, City of Danville and U.S. Coast Guard attended the meeting to answer questions.
Dredging is expected to begin by May 1. EPA officials say cleanup should be completed by July.
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SB1138/HB1790 - Nuclear Energy Consortium bills headed to VA Governor Bob McDonnell -
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The General wording allows for a lack of transparency and public accountability, and that that may have been deliberately written into the bill to give VNECA unchecked powers, including the authority and power to promote and expand cradle to grave nuclear industries using taxpayer’s monies for grants.
SB 1138 Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority;
Introduced by: Jeffrey L. McWaters
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