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  2. Fertilizer burn - Wikipedia

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    The best option in terms of recovery is to water the plant with more water, maintaining damp soil. Stop fertilizer usage until the plant is hydrated. If a plant is burnt due to an abundance of nitrogen or ammonia, stop fertilizer usage and continue to water. If there is severe root rot, the function may not be able to recover and the plant may die.

  3. Homer City Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    The plant was a major polluter, ranking highly both nationally and within the state; Pennsylvania has ranked it the #2 polluter in the state. Like other coal fired power plants of this scale, Homer City Generating Station released huge amounts of carbon dioxide as well as mercury, sulfur dioxide, and other toxic or damaging chemicals. Pollution ...

  4. Keystone Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    Keystone was the first plant to be constructed away from a significant source of cooling water. The Keystone Reservoir was constructed on the North Branch of Plum Creek, a tributary of Crooked Creek to provide a constant source of cooling water for the plant's thermodynamic cycle year round. The cooling tower system at Keystone marks one of the ...

  5. Fertilizer - Wikipedia

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    Plants are made up of four main elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are widely available respectively in carbon dioxide and in water. Although nitrogen makes up most of the atmosphere, it is in a form that is unavailable to plants.

  6. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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    But California’s water supplies have been scrutinized amid the fires — especially after some fire hydrants in the city ran dry as firefighters battled the flames, and the pressure for what ...

  7. List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia

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    The Summers Fertilizer Company plant suffered a fire, causing 400 tons of stored ammonium nitrate to be consumed by fire. There was no explosion. [1] - Red Sea: 23 January 1953: 0 A fire was detected on the Finnish cargo ship Tirrenia on 23 January 1953, while it was carrying ammonium nitrate. Attempts to extinguish the fire with steam were ...

  8. Sea water, in theory, could be used to help a fire. But, its salty components can do more harm than good, which is why firefighters typically avoid using it unless absolutely necessary.

  9. Indiana plastics fire spewed toxic chemicals, EPA tests find ...

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    A plastics fire in Indiana spewed various toxic chemicals into the air, including hydrogen cyanide and benzene, according to test results from the Environmental Protection Agency.. Officials said ...