The E.D. Edwards power plant, south of Peoria, will be closed, resolving a federal lawsuit filed six years ago, “which documented how various owners had failed to install modern pollution-control equipment.”
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Palo Alto Ban to Divert C&D Debris from Landfill
The city of Palo Alto is banning contractors from demolishing entire buildings by July 2020. “Deconstruction and Source Separation of Construction Materials” is meant to increase “salvage/reuse to highest extent possible,” as well as “the amount and quality of recyclable materials for all construction and demolition projects.”
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Several of the Largest Coal Plants in the US to Close in 2019
After older, smaller plants started closing, now big coal plants will stop operating by the end of 2019, this Scientific American article points out. These larger plants are also some of the biggest carbon dioxide emitters in the US.
Closures are a result of plants becoming more expensive to operate over time. The article lists the following plants that will close by the year’s end:
Navajo Generating Station, AZ
Bruce Mansfield plant, PA
Paradise Plant, KY
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EIA Forecasts Diminishing Share of Energy Generation From Coal By 2020
The EIA forecasts that the share of U.S. generation from coal will average 25% in 2019 and 22% in 2020, down from 28% in 2018.
See the full forecast here.
Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the World
The article by Bloomberg highlights how cement is “responsible for 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions, more than what comes from all the trucks in the world.” According to the article, cement makers from around the world argue that there’s a lack of demand for sustainable materials.
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Study Shows Tool for Tracking GHG Emissions has Built-In Errors
A new study conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) shows that Life Cycle Assessments “have limits that may misdirect efforts to reduce GHGs from the built environment – one of the largest sources of carbon emissions.”
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Interactive Map Shows Changes in Global Coal Power Since 2000
The organization Carbon Brief has built an interactive website where you can explore the capacity changes in coal power since the year 2000.
See the interactive website here.
Research Show Four Key Trends for the Gypsum Market
Healthier Materials & Sustainable Buildings Online Certificate Program
Newsday Editorial Argues for Extended Bottle Law in New York State
LEED Releases v4.1 Draft Language
Dossier on Gypsum Recovery from Waste Published
"Busting Myths About Glass Recycling" at Recycling Today
CSA Approves Use of Glass Pozzolans as Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Visualizations Show How Each State Produces Electricity
Urban Mining Northeast’s Pozzotive is a BuildingGreen Top 10 Product for 2019
What Will Happen to Drywall Plants Using Coal Ash?
This article highlights the impact of Bruce Mansfield coal power plant’s future closure in the nearby National Gypsum drywall plant. Like many other drywall plants, it is located adjacent to a coal plant and connected to it by conveyor belts, to reprocess the coal plant’s waste to produce wallboard.
In the article, National Gypsum says it’s committed to diversify its gypsum supply in order to continue operating the drywall plant after the coal plant closes.
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