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Over 1,200 New Biomass Incinerators to be Constructed Within the Next 10 Years?
– December 4, 2014, AltEnergyMag Electricity generation from solid biomass continues to increase throughout the world. In late 2013, around 2,800 operational power plants worldwide were incinerating biomass only or very large shares of this fuel. These plants had an electricity generation capacity of about 42 GWel. Additionally, around 350 fossil power plants were co-incinerating biomass.…
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USDA Announces Release of Report Charting Path to Commercialization of Cellulosic Nanomaterials
– by Lynn L. Bergeson, November 26, 2014, JD Supra Business Advisor On November 24, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has released a report that details the pathway to commercializing affordable, renewable, and biodegradable cellulose nanomaterials from trees. The report, entitled Cellulose Nanomaterials — A Path Towards…
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Soil Erosion May Get Us Before Climate Change Does
– by Richard Reese, December 1, 2014, Resilience Outside the entrance of the glorious Hall of Western History are the marble lions, colorful banners, and huge stone columns. Step inside, and the popular exhibits include ancient Egypt, classical Greece, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, Gutenberg, Magellan, Columbus, Galileo, and so on. If we cut a hole…
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Study: Logging Destabilizes Forest Soil Carbon
– by John Cramer, December 2, 2014, Dartmouth College Logging doesn’t immediately jettison carbon stored in a forest’s mineral soils into the atmosphere but triggers a gradual release that may contribute to climate change over decades, a Dartmouth College study finds. The results are the first evidence of a regional trend of lower carbon pools in…
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Sign Comments to EPA on Clean Power Plan – Due Monday!
SIGN ON: Tell EPA to clean up the Clean Power Plan! energyjustice.net/cleanpowerplan DEADLINE is Monday, December 1st As you probably know, the EPA has published its Clean Power Plan, intended to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s electricity sector, for public comment. Our comments ask EPA to: Read the full comments and sign on to…
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2014 Victories in Review
2014 Victories in Review In our most exciting year yet, grassroots campaigns that we’ve started or supported have won 16 victories, mostly against biomass and waste incinerators, though some were pro-active policies or other facilities (landfills or gas-fired power plants). This brings the total number of incinerator victories in our network to about 50 just…
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Ethanol, Fighting for Its Life, Gets a Temporary Reprieve
– by Matthew Philips, November 24, 2014, Bloomberg Businessweek The ethanol industry just avoided a death blow. Rather than deciding to permanently lower the amount of renewable fuels that have to be blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, as it first proposed a year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency last week opted to wait until next year to decide.…
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Commissioners Scrap Frederick, MD Incinerator Plan
– Associated Press, November 21, 2014, Herald-Mail The Frederick County Commissioners are scrapping plans for a waste-to-energy incinerator after more than five years of debate. The Frederick News-Post reported that the board voted 3-2 Thursday night to cancel a contract with Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. for the $471 million project. The board unanimously voted in favor of hauling the county’s trash…
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Tanker Truck Collapses, Spills Ethanol in Kenilworth, NJ
– by Katie Lannan, November 19, 2014, NJ.com Firefighters called to the scene of what was originally described to them as a “small spill” Wednesday afternoon instead found 500 gallons of ethanol that had leaked out of a collapsed tanker truck. The truck, carrying 7,000 gallons of ethanol, split as it was offloading its contents…
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College Trash Habits Cause Concern, as Does Incinerator in Chester
– by Bobby Zipp, November 20, 2014, Swarthmore Phoenix Two weeks ago, a group of the Green Advisors conducted a waste audit of Kohlberg Hall and the Science Center. The purpose of the annual audit is to create a visual representation of the amount of waste produced by those buildings and test how well the…
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