Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Coal-Burning S.S. Badger Seeks Five-Year Permit Extension

Delay, delay, delay.

Though it has known for years that the US EPA wants the last-coal fired Great Lakes ferry to stop dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan, and to switch to a different fuel, the ship's owners are seeking a five-year extension of the EPA deadline.

Here is the application for the permit, and links to the case's extensive history.

This blog has been following the issue for years.

2 comments:

  1. They are waiting until some environment hating republican office holder will exempt them forever.

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  2. Anon, Or some former Harvard Chicago democrat

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