policymic:Activists use Google Earth to catch power plant dumping cancerous waste into a riverOn Mon
policymic:Activists use Google Earth to catch power plant dumping cancerous waste into a riverOn Monday environmental groups released images of a coal-ash plant in Kentucky allegedly dumping illegal waste into the Ohio river — and it’s not a pretty picture.The Sierra Club and Earthjustice had set up a hidden camera to capture Louisville Gas & Electric discharging chemicals into the river. Under the utility plant’s current permit, it is only allowed to make “occasional” waste dumps. But according to a Sierra Club organizer, “If you look at the photos, it’s not an occasional discharge. It’s a steady stream coming out of the coal-ash containment pond … every day, all day, all night.”The group took time-lapse photography of the purported dumping site every three seconds for a year. Coupled with satellite images from Google Earth, these pictures will serve as the basis of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Kentucky residents.Read more | Follow policymic -- source link
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