I chose another New York Times article because I feel they have a very non-partisan view point on news about the environment.. I also feel that the environment happens to unfortunately take a backseat when other political issues come into play. I think this is an important if not the MOST important issue in the world today..
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?ref=todayspaper
In this article, the NYT covers the concerns involving coal burning power plants. After reading this article, I thought to myself why are we still burning coal in our power plants? In the story, it states that in the past many coal burning plants were causing widespread pollution in 5 states in the Northeast. The power plant installed water scrubbers and chemicals to cut down on the air pollution but instead they caused more water waste than before.. So what is the solution? The federal government has no such regulation to control power plant disposal of waterwaste.. Overall, this article shed light on the fact that no real regulation is imposed on the plants. The fines are modest or mininmal or completely ignored and the plants are for the most part allowed to dump water where they wish which ends up being people's drinking water. Something has to be done.. What do you think?
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