Residents of the Massachusetts town of Turners Falls celebrated when workers began tearing down a shuttered coal-fired power plant this year. But the demolition is hardly a victory in the battle against manmade climate change. Virtually every piece of the 2,600-ton plant is being shipped to Guatemala to beย rebuilt.
It could continue to pollute, for another 50 years.
More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giantโs promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
Nearly two thirds of countryโs pig and poultry farms leach polluting manure into lough that supplies half the region's drinking water, according to latest research.
Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.
The Reform leader is set to trigger a by-election in his seat.
