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Salem Power Plant in the News...

 

6/25/10 Boston Globe -Conservation Group sues over emissions at Salem plant

 

4/21/10 Salem News - Environmental group files to sue city plant

 

4/11/10 Boston Globe - Study to focus on future of plant: Old coal facility 'at a crossroads'

 

3/2/10 Letter to the editor: Dominion's compliance claim disingenuous

 

Column: All neighbors have a stake in the Salem power plant suit by State Rep. Lori Ehrlich

 

Letter to the editor: Environmental group to file suit against the power plant

 

Letter to the editor: Power plant is a tremendous asset

 

1/27/10 Dominion Energy on Notice of Clean Air Law Suit

 

8/23/09 Pressure valve blamed for noise at power plant

 

5/27/09 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Some ideas for plant's future

 

5/23/09 State, power plant in 'green' talks

 

5/22/09 Power plant news likely

 

5/18/09 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Salem plant needs to be retired now

  

3/20/09 Salem Power Plant #3 Polluter  in the state Read more

 

3/2/09 Fighting power: dozens brave cold to protest Salem Power Plant Read more

 

2/27/09 HealthLink to demonstrate Power Plant March 1 Read more

 

1/23/09 Feds, power plant settle suit Read more 

 

12/12/08 Pipe rupture spills oil into the harbor Read more

 

12/11/08 HealthLink will send neighbors to Smoke School Read more

 

11/12/08 Workers taken to hospital after chemical spill Read more

 

11/7/08 Startling sound was power plant letting off steam Read more

 

11/6/08 Environmental groups lobby to close power plant Read more

 

10/30/08  Stop the Plant rally held Read more

 

9/6/08 State report details lapses in power plant operation  Read more 

 

MA Department of Public Safety Incident Report of the boiler explosion at the Salem Harbor Station.   Click here  to read the Report and see the photos. Contact HealthLink for a hard copy.

 

8/1/08 Anatomy of a Disaster: State condemns lack of inspection at Salem power plant  Read more.

 

8/1/08 Agency to seek disiplinary action for power plant explosion Read more 

 

7/29/08 Connect the dots: Salem after the power plant, by Pat Gozemba & Marjorie Kelly Read more

 

7/25/08 Power plant to run 'for years to come'

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7/23/08 Dominion to announce clean up plans for power plant - Rep Keenan:  Dominion has no intention of closing plant Read more

 

7/21/08 Power plant foes step up oppostion Read the article

 

Power plant issues come to a crossroads Read more

 

Plant Explodes Nov 2007

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Dominion Fined by OSHA-Read full report

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Plant Reopens Partially, exploded boiler still down as of 5/27/08 Read more


Dust Returns to neighborhoods Read more


Dominion Misleads Read more


Dominion Must Reveal Plans in 2008 Read more


2/22/08 Salem Power Plant among top polluters Read more

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU BREATHE! 

 

 

Salem Harbor Station 

 

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 INCIDENT LOG 

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WHERE TO REPORT POLLUTION FROM THE POWER PLANT 

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 Archived emails to our list

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In addition to cleaning up the Salem Harbor Station, HealthLink works with communities to support energy conservation, efficiency and clean renewable energy!


 

Read about successful GREEN projects in Essex County and tell us WHAT YOUR TOWN IS DOING... Click here.

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What Kids and Other People Can Do To Help Create a Sustainable World!

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 LINKS AND AFFILIATIONS 

 

Clean Water Action  ww.cleanwateraction.org/ma/

Salem Alliance For the Envirnoment

     www.salemsafe.org/

Conservation Law Foundation www.clf.org

Stop the Plant Now www.stoptheplantnow.org

Alliance for  a Healthy Tomorrow

     www.healthytomorrow.org 

The Clean www.theclean.org 

Health Care Without Harm www.noharm.org 

Know Breast Cancer www.knowbreastcancer.net 

Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org

Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org

Enviromental Protection Agency Clear Skies       www.epa.gov/air/clearskies/pdfs/overview.pdf 

Beverly Sustainability Project  

     www.greatgreencities.org 

Cape Wind www.capewind.org

Toxics Action Center www.toxicsaction.org

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Hot Topics


 MA Solid Waste Master Plan 2010 - 2020: Pathway to Zero Waste

 

 Public hearings notice

 

Public comment period ends September 15, 2010

7/26/10 - HealthLink joined MassPirg and Senator DiDomenico in front of the RESCO waste incinerator calling for a more aggressive plan to reduce solid waste.

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Swampscott and Marblehead Board of Health seek stricter ban on endocrine disrupting BPA additive in children's products

 

Board of Health seeks ban on BPA in children's products

 

Marblehead Board of Health add voice for stricter BPA regulations

 

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The Human Cost of Coal

An Op-Ed by Lynn Nadeau

 

Statement by Jairo Epaiyu at Dominion's shareholder meeting

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Coal's Assault on Human Health

A Report from the Physicians for Social Responsibility

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DO YOU HAVE A VIEW OF THE STACKS OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES?

 

Help monitor the pollution at the Salem Harbor Station! Click here to learn more about the webcam project.

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  60 Minutes covers COAL ASH

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WHAT IS BIOMASS?

 

Biomass = wood waste, animal waste, municipal waste, tires, construction waste, sewage sludge, etc. Biomass incineration is the most polluting and energy-wasting way to manage the waste-stream. Biomass Fact Sheet

 

Is Biomass in the picture for the Salem Power Plant?

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Letter to Governor Patrick

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 DPS REPORT including interior photos FOLLOWING THE SALEM HARBOR STATION EXPOSION  

  

MA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETYY REPORT

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HEALTHLINK'S NORTH SHORE AIR INVENTORY REPORT

Toxic emissions data in Salem, Beverly and Marblehead.

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 STAND TOGETHER FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE! 

  

 

 Photos of Protest

by Marilyn Humphries

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 Ross Gelbspan on Global Warming

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WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR CLEAN UP, DOMINION? 

 

Report unusual incidences you see, hear or smell at the Salem power plant 1-888-VIOLATE.

 

Sign the petition demanding Dominion meet obligations to the community and tell us the fate of the plant now! Read the petition and sign

 

Emissions from the Salem Harbor Station contribute to premature death, heart attacks, respiratory illness, asthma and emergency room visits. Harvard School of Public Health Study

 

The Salem Harbor Station ranked in the top three polluters in Massachusetts (2009 EPA Toxic Release Inventory data),  and has directly contributed to Essex County's high level of mercury and poor air quality. Hubbard Brook Foundation

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I'D RATHER BE REATHING!

 

What's the state of the air YOU breathe? The American Lung Association

 

What is the state of the air YOU ARE BREATHING TODAY -  EPA Air Quality Index for Boston and vicinity

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GOT SOOT?

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   SAFER ALTERNATIVES

 

Ban Bisphenol A in children's products. 

 

3/15/10 Letter to the Governor to strengthen BPA protective regulation 

 

 

The average person subjects themselves to over 125 untested chemicals each day in their personal care products, many are toxic. ARE YOUR PERSONAL PRODUCTS SAFE? RANK THEM AND FIND OUT. Click here

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RENEWABLE ENERGY

 

Video: Renewable messages on the Blue Line promote clean renewable energy. Click to view


"CLEAN COAL" ... 

 

is still an oxymoron Read more