BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180403T230000Z DTEND:20180404T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mobile Bay Sierra Club - Coal Ash in Coastal Alabama DESCRIPTION:Coal Ash in Coastal Alabama presented by Casi Callaway\, Executive Director & Baykeeper of Mobile Baykeeper. \n\n\n\nAlabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) recently held a public hearing in Montgomery on its draft coal ash storage and disposal rules. Southern Environmental Law Center\, Alabama Rivers Alliance\, Black Warrior Riverkeeper\, Coosa Riverkeeper\, Mobile Baykeeper\, Sierra Club and other conservation groups argued that ADEM's rules are less stringent than federal regulations and inadequate to protect the state's water from coal ash contamination.\n\n\n\nCoal ash is the toxic waste that remains after coal is burned. It contains high levels of arsenic\, lead\, mercury and other toxins. U.S. coal-fired plants produce around 100 million tons of coal ash every year. Plant Barry\, located in Bucks\, Alabama has more than 16 million tons of coal ash in an earthen pond adjacent to the Mobile River. \n\nDirector Casi Callaway will share how Mobile Baykeeper is working to make sure that the most protective closure plan is chosen for coal ash stored at Alabama Power's Plant Barry. She will review the results of much research and talk about the serious impacts and ongoing threat to the the Mobile River and Mobile-Tensaw Delta\, if this massive coal ash pond is left in place. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Coal Ash in Coastal Alabama presented by Casi Callaway\, Executive Director &\; Baykeeper of Mobile Baykeeper. \; \;
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\nAlabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) recently held a public hearing in Montgomery on its draft coal ash storage and disposal rules. Southern Environmental Law Center\, Alabama Rivers Alliance\, Black Warrior Riverkeeper\, Coosa Riverkeeper\, Mobile Baykeeper\, Sierra Club and other conservation groups argued that ADEM&rsquo\;s rules are less stringent than federal regulations and inadequate to protect the state&rsquo\;s water from coal ash contamination.
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\nCoal ash is the toxic waste that remains after coal is burned. \;It contains high levels of arsenic\, lead\, mercury and other toxins. U.S. coal-fired plants produce around 100 million tons of coal ash every year. \;Plant Barry\, located in Bucks\, Alabama has more than 16 million tons of coal ash in an earthen pond adjacent to the Mobile River. \;
\nDirector Casi Callaway will share how Mobile Baykeeper is working to make sure that the most protective closure plan is chosen for coal ash stored at Alabama Power'\;s Plant Barry. She will review the results of much research and talk about the serious impacts and ongoing threat to the \;the Mobile River and Mobile-Tensaw Delta\, \;if this massive coal ash pond is left in place. LOCATION:5 Rivers Tensaw Theater (follow the Sierra Club signs) 30945 Five Rivers Blvd. Spanish Fort UID:e.1304.10186 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260429T063718Z URL:https://business.eschamber.com/events/details/mobile-bay-sierra-club-coal-ash-in-coastal-alabama-10186 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR