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COAL ASH
Global Technologies Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GTGP) Global is pleased to announce that negotiations with the U.S. military through its agent, retired Colonel Sandy Pogue, to infuse the IFS-2c technology for mercury and other metals remediation systems into working power plants located at Forts Hood and Fort Bliss in order to document the cost effectiveness associated with mercury removal from coal burning power plants stacks and reconfirm the remediation of the contaminated ash by-product . The process to integrate the system into the power plants has already been approved by the Council of Colonels at (Fort Hood), and the Army 3rd Core. Final approval is currently in the hands of Forscom Headquarters. Colonel Pouge has already informed us that Preferred Customer listings with all the branches of the Military are being activated and all energy related products and processes will be attributed to Global and its joint venture partner East Morgan Holdings, Inc.
"As one of the many uses for the MBS/IFS-2c technologies Global has been exploring and pursuing, we continue to expand the range of both government and military opportunities available for our technology. This confirmation from the military is another step in executing our business plan, " said James Fallacaro, President.
Two coal-ash friendly Republicans named to conference committee
04/26/2012 By Barry Cassell
In what may be good news for coal-fired power generators, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has selected House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., for the House-Senate conference committee on transportation legislation.
That committee will negotiate provisions within the Energy and Commerce Committee’s purview, including approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of Canada, vehicle safety measures and a framework to ensure the safe management and reuse of coal ash.
Upton said in an April 25 statement that the conference committee is an opportunity to enact a legislative fix for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “ill-advised plans” for coal ash regulation. EPA in 2010 proposed two forms of ash regulation. One was more industry friendly and would classify it as a regular waste, but the other would classify it as a toxic waste, which the utility industry said would explode its disposal costs and lead to the closure of a number of coal-fired power plants.
“EPA’s proposal puts hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, threatens the beneficial use of coal ash, and could drive up electricity rates for American families and businesses ,” Upton said. “Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee worked hard to come up with a bipartisan compromise that will enhance environmental protections without sacrificing jobs or putting further strain on our economy. Both the Keystone XL and coal ash provisions are products of commonsense legislation that enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the House as stand-alone bills, and I hope to see similar bipartisan backing in these negotiations.”
Whitfield, from Kentucky, a major coal-producing and coal-fired power generating state, said the ash provision that was recently inserted in the House version of the transportation extension package “will ensure that the EPA does not propose standards that will hinder coal-fired electricity or restrict the recycling of coal ash in concrete and other products.”
“I was frankly shocked at his public statement saying the coal ash language is ‘going down’ and how he will work to remove it from the transportation bill, “said McKinley. “ Currently, coal fired power plants in 48 states around the country create coal ash everyday but there are no federal standards for safe disposal of the product. This is the first time in 30 years that Congress is offering environmentally safe standards for the disposal of coal ash.”
McKinley said the EPA has previously conducted two studies on coal ash and determined it was not a hazardous material. The ash provision in the transportation bill would leave ash oversight to the states.
COAL ASH
Global Technologies Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GTGP) Global is pleased to announce that negotiations with the U.S. military through its agent, retired Colonel Sandy Pogue, to infuse the IFS-2c technology for mercury and other metals remediation systems into working power plants located at Forts Hood and Fort Bliss in order to document the cost effectiveness associated with mercury removal from coal burning power plants stacks and reconfirm the remediation of the contaminated ash by-product . The process to integrate the system into the power plants has already been approved by the Council of Colonels at (Fort Hood), and the Army 3rd Core. Final approval is currently in the hands of Forscom Headquarters. Colonel Pouge has already informed us that Preferred Customer listings with all the branches of the Military are being activated and all energy related products and processes will be attributed to Global and its joint venture partner East Morgan Holdings, Inc.
"As one of the many uses for the MBS/IFS-2c technologies Global has been exploring and pursuing, we continue to expand the range of both government and military opportunities available for our technology. This confirmation from the military is another step in executing our business plan, " said James Fallacaro, President.
Two coal-ash friendly Republicans named to conference committee
04/26/2012 By Barry Cassell
In what may be good news for coal-fired power generators, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has selected House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., for the House-Senate conference committee on transportation legislation.
That committee will negotiate provisions within the Energy and Commerce Committee’s purview, including approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of Canada, vehicle safety measures and a framework to ensure the safe management and reuse of coal ash.
Upton said in an April 25 statement that the conference committee is an opportunity to enact a legislative fix for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “ill-advised plans” for coal ash regulation. EPA in 2010 proposed two forms of ash regulation. One was more industry friendly and would classify it as a regular waste, but the other would classify it as a toxic waste, which the utility industry said would explode its disposal costs and lead to the closure of a number of coal-fired power plants.
“EPA’s proposal puts hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, threatens the beneficial use of coal ash, and could drive up electricity rates for American families and businesses ,” Upton said. “Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee worked hard to come up with a bipartisan compromise that will enhance environmental protections without sacrificing jobs or putting further strain on our economy. Both the Keystone XL and coal ash provisions are products of commonsense legislation that enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the House as stand-alone bills, and I hope to see similar bipartisan backing in these negotiations.”
Whitfield, from Kentucky, a major coal-producing and coal-fired power generating state, said the ash provision that was recently inserted in the House version of the transportation extension package “will ensure that the EPA does not propose standards that will hinder coal-fired electricity or restrict the recycling of coal ash in concrete and other products.”
“I was frankly shocked at his public statement saying the coal ash language is ‘going down’ and how he will work to remove it from the transportation bill, “said McKinley. “ Currently, coal fired power plants in 48 states around the country create coal ash everyday but there are no federal standards for safe disposal of the product. This is the first time in 30 years that Congress is offering environmentally safe standards for the disposal of coal ash.”
McKinley said the EPA has previously conducted two studies on coal ash and determined it was not a hazardous material. The ash provision in the transportation bill would leave ash oversight to the states.
