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| − | '''Danskammer Generating Station''' (also known as Roseton Generating Station) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by [[Dynegy]] near Newburgh, New York. | + | '''Danskammer Generating Station''' (also known as Roseton Generating Station) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by [[Dynegy]] near Newburgh, New York. This station is on the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation grid. |
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| + | According to [[iLoveMountains.org]], Danskammer purchases coal directly from companies who practice [[mountaintop removal]] mining (MTR).<ref name="danmtr">[http://www.ilovemountains.org/myconnection/show_connection.php?zip=02108 "What's my connection?",] ilovemountains.org website, Accessed April 2010.</ref> The plant is connected to the Fanco mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia, which is operated by the Apogee Coal Company LLC and controlled by [[Patriot Coal]].<ref name="danmtr"/> | ||
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Revision as of 20:52, 30 April 2010
{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}} Danskammer Generating Station (also known as Roseton Generating Station) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Dynegy near Newburgh, New York. This station is on the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation grid.
According to iLoveMountains.org, Danskammer purchases coal directly from companies who practice mountaintop removal mining (MTR).[1] The plant is connected to the Fanco mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia, which is operated by the Apogee Coal Company LLC and controlled by Patriot Coal.[1]
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Plant Data
- Owner: Dynegy Northeast Generation Inc.
- Parent Company: Dynegy
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 387 MW (Megawatts)
- Units and In-Service Dates: 147 MW (1959), 239 MW (1967)
- Location: 992 River Rd., Newburgh, NY 12550
- GPS Coordinates: 41.5688, -73.973682
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 2,746,225 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions:
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions:
- 2005 Mercury Emissions:
Coal Sources
At least a portion of coal burned at Danskammer comes from Colombia.[2][3] In 2006, the plant received at least one 11,000-ton shipment of coal from el Cerrejón mine, which is owned by a consortium of Anglo American (33%), Glencore International (33%) and BHP Billiton (33%).[2][3]
Colombian Coal and Human Rights Violations
Colombia's coal mines, like many industries in the country, are filled with stories of displacement and terror. A number of entire communities in the coalfields have been displaced, including Tabaco, a 700-person Afro-Colombian village that was razed in 2001.[4] People living near the coalfields have faced malnutrition, diseases such as ringworm, and restricted access to land since the large mines opened up.[4]
The Drummond Company (operator of la Loma mine in Colombia) has been the subject of numerous lawsuits regarding the murders of 70 union miners and railroad workers, collectively.[5][6][7] The murdered Colombians were killed by the notorious paramilitary group, United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), which had been hired by Drummond to act as security.[6] In addition to those killed, a lawsuit against Drummond describes "how hundreds of men, women, and children were terrorized in their homes, on their way to and from work… innocent people killed in or near their homes or kidnapped to never to return home, their spouses and children being beaten and tied up, and people being pulled off buses and summarily executed on the spot."[6]
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "What's my connection?", ilovemountains.org website, Accessed April 2010.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Aviva Chomsky, "Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the making of a global working class", Duke University Press, 2008.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Recent DYNEGY DANSKAMMER, L.L.C. Shipments", Import Genius website, accessed July 19, 2009.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Aviva Chomsky, "The dirty story behind local energy", "The Boston Phoenix", October 1, 2007.
- ↑ International Rights Advocates, "Juan Aquas Romero, et al. v. Drummond Company Inc., et al.", Plaintiff's Opening Brief, December 11, 2007.
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Federal lawsuit alleges U.S. mining company Drummond paid millions to Colombian paramilitary terrorists who killed 67; including "execution" of union leaders", "Reuters", May 28, 2009.
- ↑ "Children of slain Colombian coal miners sue Drummond Co. in Birmingham federal court", "Birmingham News", March 20, 2009.
- Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
- Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.
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