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Salem Power Plant in the News...
12/15/10 Marblehead Reporter: It's time for vision for site's future (with comments from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to 'retire' the plant)
3/20/09 Salem Power Plant #3 Polluter in the state Read more
1/23/09 Feds, power plant settle suit Read more
12/12/08 Pipe rupture spills oil into the harbor Read more
11/12/08 Workers taken to hospital after chemical spill 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. 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 disciplinary action for power plant explosion Read more
7/25/08 Power plant to run 'for years to come' Read more
Plant Explodes Nov 2007
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WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU BREATHE!
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20 Deaths = $140,000,000
36 Heart Attacks = $4,000,000
310 Asthma Attacks = $16,000
16 Hospital Admissions = $380,000
12 Chronic Bronchitis = $5,400,000
12 Asthma ER Visits = $4,000
Total $150 Million
Newly released Harvard Study:
REPORT DIRTY EMISSIONS FROM THE SALEM COAL PLANT
In 2007 HealthLink's outreach set up town/city-wide Renewable Energy Task Forces in communities in Essex County. These cities and towns are now participating in the MA Green Communities Act and supporting renewable energy projects, efficiency and conservation.
Learn more about public outreach through bill boards and the unique Blue Line subway campaign for clean energy.
HealthLink rally for a COAL FREE FUTURE!
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SAFER ALTERNATIVES TO COMMONPLACE TOXINS
Paving the way for toxic use reduction - Testimony on Hexavalent chromium and formaldehyde, Dec. 1, 2011
Swampscott and Marblehead Board of Health seek stricter ban on endocrine disrupting BPA additive in children's products.
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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SALEM NEWS - Dominion: We are closing the plant
SALEM - MAY 11, 2011 – Salem Harbor Station will close in 2014, plant owner Dominion announced today.
Two of the small coal-burning units will be shut down by the end of the year, while two larger coal- and oil-burning generators will stay in operation until June 1, 2014 READ MORE...
SALEM GAZETTE -Entire plant to close by June 2014
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BOSTON GLOBE - 2 Units at Salem Coal-Fired Power Plant Can Close.
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American Lung Association
New Report
Video
Op-ed by Lynn Nadeau, HealthLink
A Report by the Physicians for Social Responsibility
I'D RATHER BE BREATHING!
REPORT...
Unusual incidences you see, hear or smell at the Salem power plant 1-888-VIOLATE.
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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
What is the state of the air YOU ARE BREATHING TODAY - EPA Air Quality Index for Boston and vicinity
GOT SOOT?
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Video: Renewable messages on the Blue Line promote clean renewable energy. Click to view
"CLEAN COAL" is an oxymoron
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? Read more
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