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October/November issue of Energy Justice Now | Where the Climate March Tripped Up
Take a deep breath and prepare yourself for the October / November issue of Energy Justice Now, a forum for the dirty energy resistance. Fossil Fuel Divestment – Fossil Fuel Divestment: How to Evolve the Campaign – Are Carbon Taxes Another False Solution? – Biomass Energy: Another Kind of Climate Change Denial …and more! Please share the October /…
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UMaine to Study “Trashanol” Effect in Maine
– by Grady Trimble, October 24, 2014, WLBZ A team of University of Maine researchers are gearing up to study the possibility of bringing new technology called “Trashanol” to Maine. “Trashanol” is a waste-to-energy technology developed by Maryland-based company Fiberight. Basically, it is a process that converts household waste into fuel. The technology is sparking interest…
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Lockheed Martin Inks Agreement with Waste-of-Energy Firm
– by Eric Reinhardt, October 13, 2014, Business Journal News Network OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has signed a manufacturing agreement with Concord Blue Energy, Inc. to provide all manufacturing support for the firm’s reformertechnology. That technology converts waste to energy using advanced conversion technology. Lockheed Martin is now the “exclusive manufacturing provider”…
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Biomass Investigative Review Will Begin Soon in Gainesville, FL
– October 16, 2014, WCJB It’s official – an investigative review into decisions made between GRU and GREC officials will soon begin. City officials voted to approve the contract to begin the review that will question decisions made relating to the biomass plant. The city will be shelling out close to $190,000 for the review. Additional…
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$91 Million Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Louisiana Biofuel Plant
– Cole Avery, October 3, 2014, The Times-Picayune Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced a $91 million loan guarantee from the federal government to help build a biomass fuel plant in Louisiana. Vilsack traveled to Baton Rouge on Friday to make the announcement. He said the plant could have a “profound…
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Lakeview Biofuel Plant Proposal Raises Air Quality Concerns
– September 25, 2014, Oregon Public Broadcasting A project proposed in Lakeview, Oregon, would turn woody biomass from logging into biofuels for Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy and Marines. The biofuel would have fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional jet fuel and diesel, but some worry the project might add to existing air quality problems in…
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The Forest Service and Collaboratives Garden Our Forests
– by George Wuerthner, September, 25, 2014, The Wildlife News If the public really understood the illogic behind Forest Service management, including those endorsed by forest collaboratives, I am certain there would be more opposition to current Forest Service policies. First, most FS timber sales lose money. They are a net loss to taxpayers. After the…
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Is Biomass All It’s Cut Up to Be?
– by Howard Brown, October 17, 2014, Summit Daily One possible reason for sticking to the ill-advised Ophir Mountain and other clear-cutting plans is that the clear-cut trees would go to the biomass power plant in Gypsum. Biomass power is renewable energy. It wouldn’t justify destroying Summit County’s wonderful forests and trails, but biomass is green…
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Man Killed in Accident at Drax Biomass Plant in Louisiana
– October 21, 2014, MyArkLaMiss.com The worker who died after an accident at a Drax Biomass plant in Morehouse Parish has been identified as 32-year old Christopher Erving of West, Mississippi Erving was a contracted employee of the Jacksonville, Florida based Haskell Corporation Drax Biomass has released a statement on the incident: “It is with deep…
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New Contract to Accelerate Use of Biomass in China
– October 13, 2014, Bioenergy News US-based renewable fuels producer BlueFire Renewables has finalised and signed a new master engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi. The contract is with China International Water and Electric, a subsidiary of renewable energy company China Three Gorges (CTG). ‘The master EPC structure…
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