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Juggling With Eggs<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> have created the legislation to criminalise these water company bosses for polluting our rivers…</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/polluting-water-bosses-face-up-to-two-years-in-prison" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.uk/government/news/polluti</span><span class="invisible">ng-water-bosses-face-up-to-two-years-in-prison</span></a></p><p>But did they bother to include provision for polluting our farmland? </p><p>And maybe bodies other than the Environment Agency and Ofwat need to be able to level charges at the senior management of water companies…because it looks like they’ve all been colluding for some time. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaterPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPollution</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToxicSludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicSludge</span></a></p>
HillaryGail<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/climate/pfas-fertilizer-sludge-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE4.ZUer.8-7NTzspKh7z&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb&amp;ngrp=mxn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/08/31/climate</span><span class="invisible">/pfas-fertilizer-sludge-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE4.ZUer.8-7NTzspKh7z&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb&amp;ngrp=mxn</span></a> Great article. From NYT. Gift article 🎁🎁 no paywall <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ToxicSludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicSludge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sludgefertilizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sludgefertilizer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/polution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/buyorganic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buyorganic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pfas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pfas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/foreverchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreverchemicals</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Environmental Impacts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geothermal</span></a> Energy</p><p>Published Mar 5, 2013 <br>Union of Concerned Scientists</p><p>"The most widely developed type of geothermal power plant (known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hydrothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrothermal</span></a> plants) are located near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geologic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geologic</span></a> “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HotSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotSpots</span></a>” where hot molten rock is close to the earth’s crust and produces hot water. In other regions enhanced geothermal systems (or hot dry rock geothermal), which involve drilling into Earth’s surface to reach deeper geothermal resources, can allow broader access to geothermal energy."</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Some geothermal plants also produce small amounts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> emissions, which must be mitigated using mercury filter technology. Scrubbers can reduce air emissions, but they produce a watery <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sludge</span></a> composed of the captured materials, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sulfur</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vanadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vanadium</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/silica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silica</span></a> compounds, chlorides, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arsenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arsenic</span></a>, mercury, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nickel</span></a>, and other heavy metals. This <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicSludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicSludge</span></a> often must be disposed of at hazardous waste sites."</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Land <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subsidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsidence</span></a>, a phenomenon in which the land surface sinks, is sometimes caused by the removal of water from geothermal reservoirs. Most geothermal facilities address this risk by re-injecting wastewater back into geothermal reservoirs after the water’s heat has been captured. </p><p>"Hydrothermal plants are sited on geological “hot spots," which tend to have higher levels of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> risk. There is evidence that hydrothermal plants can lead to an even greater earthquake frequency. Enhanced geothermal systems (hot dry rock) can also increase the risk of small earthquakes. In this process, water is pumped at high pressures to fracture underground hot rock reservoirs similar to technology used in natural gas hydraulic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fracturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fracturing</span></a>. (See How Natural Gas Works for more information.) Earthquake risk associated with enhanced geothermal systems can be minimized by siting plants an appropriate distance away from major fault lines. When a geothermal system is sited near a heavily populated area, constant monitoring and transparent communication with local communities is also necessary."</p><p><a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/environmental-impacts-geothermal-energy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ucsusa.org/resources/environme</span><span class="invisible">ntal-impacts-geothermal-energy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fracking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeothermalEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeothermalEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThinkBeforeDrilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkBeforeDrilling</span></a></p>