http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/16/mercury-rising-%e2%80%93-scientists-discover-new-methylmercury-cycle-source/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/16/mercury-rising-%e2%80%93-scientists-discover-new-methylmercury-cycle-source/comment-page-1/#comment-61590 Jan van Dijk Sun, 17 May 2009 23:06:11 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2969#comment-61590 Very readable article. The mercury levels in the foodchain are out of control and will remain so for a long time. Governments all over the globe are recurring to coal fired powerplants, especially here in Chile, where they plan at least 14 large scale powerplants using coal along the coast. They had to find huge coal deposits to fuel these plants and they found it in Riesco Island, between Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales. To get to the coal they will destroy 7000 hectares of cold rainforest. I am concerned about the huge coal lobby that advertises coal as "clean". And Chile does not care about increasing its carbon emissions. Who will stop them? They plan a coal powerstation 12 miles from a Humboldt Pinguin National Reserve, ignoring all international agreements to conserve the species. Very readable article. The mercury levels in the foodchain are out of control and will remain so for a long time. Governments all over the globe are recurring to coal fired powerplants, especially here in Chile, where they plan at least 14 large scale powerplants using coal along the coast. They had to find huge coal deposits to fuel these plants and they found it in Riesco Island, between Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales. To get to the coal they will destroy 7000 hectares of cold rainforest. I am concerned about the huge coal lobby that advertises coal as “clean”. And Chile does not care about increasing its carbon emissions. Who will stop them? They plan a coal powerstation 12 miles from a Humboldt Pinguin National Reserve, ignoring all international agreements to conserve the species.

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