Tag Archives for ash
NETL green roof program
Here’s an interesting research program being carried out by the Dept. of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy. The program is researching the use of coal combustion residuals as alternative growing media (read: soil substitutes) for their “green roof” program. Living … Continue reading
A new wave of regulations and policies targets the industry
A new article by Clean Air Markets President, Gary Hart describes what the coal industry can expect during the second term of President Obama. Gary discusses SO2/NOx, MATS, CO2, coal ash, cooling water intake structures, the DC Court of Appeals, … Continue reading
Interesting post: Foggy Thinking on Smog
Via the American Thinker Coal gets blamed for all the bad things, even the Asian Smog. What causes this smog? Dust is a significant component. Winds whip up dust from dry land, roads, construction sites and the huge Gobi Desert, … Continue reading
Alex Hohne joins Charah, Inc. as VP Dewatering Services
Congratuations to Alex Hohne who recently joined the Charah, Inc. management team as Vice President of Dewatering Services in August. Mr. Hohne, an experienced mechanical engineer, has expertise in gypsum process design, engineering, operations and maintenance. He has held many … Continue reading
Coal Ash – Official NODA posted – Comments by 11/14/11
From the folks at the American Coal Ash Association The final and official Notice of Data Availability (NODA – CCR Rulemaking) has been posted today to the Federal Register. The deadline for comments is November 14, 2011. Directions for submitting … Continue reading
HR 2273 – Coal Residuals Reuse & Management Act
On July 13th, the a bipartisan vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill that would block the EPA from regulating coal ash as a “hazardous waste” and also direct states to enact permit programs that have … Continue reading
White House Petition – Request for Grassroots Support
We are reposting a request for grass roots supporters of the coal industry to take a few moments and sign the Citizens for Recycling First petition on the White House web site. The short description of the petition is that … Continue reading
EPA action against coal ash is harming recycling
Citizens for Recycling First has a blurb on the recent letter to the EPA from a bipartisan Senate group. The letter, prepared by Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) and signed by 44 senators from both main parties … Continue reading
Coal fly ash: a “truly a ‘green’ building material”
Just happened across this article on AZOCleantech describing the 2008 reconstruction of the historic runway at Edwards Air Force base in 2008. The article describes how the new 15,000-foot runway was, built with concrete made with fly ash sold from … Continue reading
Charah, Inc. – New corporate headquarters uses recycled CCPs to meet LEEDs requirements
Admin note: We recently invited ACC member and coal combustion products (CCP) management experts, Charah, Inc. to prepare an editorial for the Coalblog and monthly member update newsletter. In this article, they describe how they beneficially used CCPs to help … Continue reading