Mountain rock slide shuts I 40 near Great Smokies
A massive rock slide at I 40 near Lake Junaluska blocks all four lanes, detouring 12,000 vehicles daily onto narrow mountain roads. Local businesses suffer as crews plan a temporary one lane, then full tunnel rebuild costing about 1 million dollars over nine months. Local towns see varying traffic as campers and trucks divert onto back routes.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Newport
Lake Junaluska
Clyde
Cove Creek
Tennessee
North Carolina
David Wyatt
Exxon Gas and Groceries
Wyatt
Waterville
Hot Springs
Tall stacks blamed for exporting pollution by utilities
The National Clean Air Coalition accuses utilities, with EPA acquiescence, of continuing to emit millions of tons of pollution through tall smokestacks. Ayres says tall stacks do not cut pollution but export it downwind, noting the 1970 Clean Air Act bans and court rulings upholding it, yet many plants persist. Edison Electric Institute counters the charges as overstated. A new NRDC study shows 212 tall stacks built at 95 power plants since 1970.
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New York Times
Washington
National Clean Air Coalition
Environmental Protection Agency
Richard E. Ayres
Coalition of Environmental and Public Health Groups
Ayres
Robert A. Beck
Edison Electric Institute
EPA
Natural Resources Defense Council
Coalition
Strong quake off Puerto Rico reported by USGS
A strong earthquake estimated at 6.6 on the Richter scale was centered 280 miles southeast of San Juan and felt on Guadalupe but caused no reported damage according to USGS spokesman Donovan Kelly.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
United States Geological Survey
San Juan
Caribbean
Guadaloupe
Donovan Kelly
USGS
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Vanity Fair
Estée Lauder Designs
Estee Lauder
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