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The plant, in Bow, has not completed scheduled retests multiple times, most recently in early December.
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The case centered around the hot water that the Merrimack Generating Station puts into the Merrimack River, and how it affects fish and other aquatic life.
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Dos días después de un tiroteo masivo en Lewiston, el hombre responsable fue encontrado muerto. Lewiston organizó una vigilia en honor a las víctimas. Activistas le pidieron a los dueños de la planta de carbón en Bow que dejen de quemar combustibles fósiles.
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Eight people were arrested for criminal trespassing, after paddling kayaks and canoes in the Merrimack River near the plant.
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The case was dropped after the activist's lawyer challenged the law's constitutionality.
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The owners of the coal plant have not indicated any plans to shut down operations.
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New England’s last running coal plant, the Merrimack Generating Station in Bow, could face new emissions limitations and new incentives to shut down.
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One of the protestors said the demonstration was also about the rights of rail workers, who have called for better working conditions.
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There’s an 11% gap between projected emissions reductions from current policy and the U.S.’s goals for 2050. A new analysis says states, cities and businesses are needed to make up the difference.
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At the center of the case is a 1992 permit for discharging hot water into the Merrimack River, which environmental advocacy groups say the plant has not followed.