Richard Opper
Richard Opper
community faced head together unique
Lewistown is not unique in having contamination problems, but what is unique is the way the community faced up to the issue. They got together and faced it head on.
budget cuts epa fifty hundred money overall percent personal region specific
One hundred fifty percent of the budget cuts that the EPA is getting will come from money transferred to states. So overall the EPA's personal budget is going up while the states' will be going down. This is nationally, not just specific to Region 8.
built cleanest plants
If built as projected, this will be one of the cleanest plants in the world.
absence action address cities climate federal forward issues nations presented serious stepping
In the absence of real action at the federal level, states, cities and other nations are stepping forward to address the serious issues presented by climate change.
amazing citizen community functional groups happen learn pulls state
This is one of the most functional citizen groups I've ever seen. The state could learn from Lewistown that amazing things can happen when a community pulls together.
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Cleaner plants will come on line in the future as the technology advances. But right now, what (they are) planning is about as good as it gets.
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They plan to use state-of-the-art boiler technology and activated carbon injection. Cleaner plants will come on line in the future as the technology advances. But right now, what SME is planning is just about as good as it gets.