Thanks to Dirty Coal and Ted Strickland, EPA Puts Ohio On Notice

[Rick Rowlands]

Any new plants that would be built will comply with environmental regulations, so the coal to fuel plant would not contribute to the sulfur dioxide emissions.

[irishbobcat]

Thanks to Dirty Coal and Ted Strickland, EPA Puts Ohio On Notice To Reduce Sulfur Dioxide
Thanks to Ted Strickland and his love of dirty coal, five Ohio counties have too much sulfur-dioxide pollution, according to a new federal health standard that will force the state to look for ways to reduce the amount of toxin.

The standard, among new rules announced last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, also calls for a new strategy to detect the pollutant in urban areas.

The compound, emitted by coal-burning power plants along with cars, trucks and factories that use large furnaces, can irritate lung tissue and trigger asthma attacks. It's also a key ingredient in smog, soot and acid rain.

The U.S. EPA estimates the air in Belmont, Columbiana, Jefferson, Meigs and Morgan counties fails the new standard, which calls for no more than 75 parts of sulfur dioxide per billion parts of air.

Ohio EPA officials said it's too soon to say what must be done to clear the air in those counties. They have until 2014 to come up with a plan, which could call for tougher air-pollution limits at power plants and factories.

The Ohio counties either have coal-burning power plants or steel mills or are close to them. Morgan County, for example is downwind of American Electric Power's Muskingum plant.

And Ted Strickland wants to build a coal to liquid fuel plant in Columbiana County.  And Ted Strickland also backed the building of another coal plant in Meigs County last year.  Does Ted Strickland really care about your health and your family's health?

Yup, Ted Strickland is one Green Governor.....