"The Environmental Protection Agency estimates water-intake systems at power plants kill 3.4 billion fish and shellfish each year"
Yeah, that's BILLION with a "B," readers!!!!
Also see: Fly Away Little Birdie, Fly, Fly, Fly
Truthfully, I AM APPALLED at what LITTLE RESPECT America has for ANY LIFE FORM, be it PLANT, ANIMAL, and HUMAN!!!!!!!!!
"High court ruling aids power plants; Says costs can be considered in protecting fish" by Mark Sherman, Associated Press | April 2, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government can weigh costs against benefits in deciding whether to order power plants to undertake environmental upgrades that would protect fish.
The court's 6-3 decision is a defeat for environmentalists who had urged the justices to uphold a favorable federal appeals court ruling that could have required an estimated 554 power plants to install technology that relies on recycled water to cool machinery.
By reducing water intake, the closed-cycle cooling also results in fewer fish being sucked into the system or smashed to death against screens. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates water-intake systems at power plants kill 3.4 billion fish and shellfish each year.
How would YOU like to be SMASHED TO DEATH, human? No?
Time to DECENTALIZE and DISMANTLE the GRID, folks, and GO LOCAL SELF-SUFFICIENT!!!!!!
The ruling, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, was a victory for the power industry, which has long advocated for the use of cost-benefit analysis on environmental issues. The utilities were backed by the Bush administration.
It is unclear whether the EPA in the Obama administration will chart a similar course or decide not to use cost-benefit analyses when they yield less environmental protection....
Related: Breaking Wind: Government Will Decide Who Gets to Fart For Free
But Reed Super, a lawyer for the Riverkeeper Inc. environmental group, said.... "We have all the confidence in the world that the Obama administration will do the right thing."
Yeah, just PUT YOUR BLIND FAITH into the globalist servant!
--more--"
