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New or Updated Online Resources:
We’ve added several things to our incineration webpage, including pages on how trash incineration is more polluting than coal and is the most expensive way to manage waste or to make energy. We added a chart showing the decline in the number of operating incinerators in the U.S., a list of all commercial trash incinerators in the U.S., by size and a page explaining to…
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2014 a Banner Year for Victories
This is the year for victories against biomass and waste incinerators. We’ve tracked 45 victories by those in our network since 2010, but this year is something special. It’s only been seven months and we’ve already seen seven victories, plus a victory against a proposed gas-fired power plant and two state-level policy victories. We’re proud to…
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DC Passes Styrofoam Ban and must Plan for Zero Waste!
Since January, we’ve been working to help get two bills passed in DC City Council, both of which passed unanimously on July 14th, 2014! Several aspects of the bills were made stronger through our efforts. The most exciting parts of these bills include: The two bills that passed are the “Sustainable DC Omnibus Act of…
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VICTORY! DC Passes Styrofoam ban; Moves toward Zero Waste
Since January, we’ve been working to help get two bills passed in DC City Council, both of which passed unanimously on July 14th! Several aspects of the bills were made stronger through our efforts. Tomorrow, DC Mayor Gray publicly signs one of them into law. The most exciting parts of these bills include: In more…
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Updated Resources on Trash Incineration
We just added a lot to our web resources on the problems with trash incineration. Check it out: energyjustice.net/incineration Updates include:
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Vermont Yankee: Out of the Fission and Into the Fire?
– by Ann Darling, The Safe and Green Campaign The Vermont Yankee nuclear power station in southeastern Vermont will close in December of this year after operating for over 40 years. The owner, Entergy Nuclear, is based in New Orleans and is the second largest nuclear power company in the U.S. As a member of the Safe…
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Biomass Rejected in Favor of Solar in Springfield, VT
– by Susan Smallheer, July 17, 2014, Rutland Herald North Springfield, Vt. — Out with biomass, in with solar panels. Winstanley Enterprises announced Wednesday that it was seeking state approval to build five, 500-kilowatt solar arrays in the North Springfield Industrial Park. Some of the land that will be used was earlier proposed to be…
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More Logging and Biomass Burning Won’t Solve Job Woes
– by Rob Handy, July 6, 2014, Register Guard During my tenure as a Lane County commissioner, I watched Lane County’s timber harvest rise from 337 million board feet in 2009 to 590 million board feet in 2012, reported concisely by the state Department of Forestry. In spite of this huge surge, a 75 percent increase,…
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Wood Stoves a Major Contributor to “Unhealthy” Air Days in Clallam County, WA
Read The Biomass Monitor’s coverage of the story behind these air pollution tests: “Tracking Biomass Air Pollution on the Olympic Peninsula” – by Arwyn Rice, July 14, 2014, Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Air quality in central and eastern Clallam County is generally good, but wood burning for home heating and transportation-related pollutants are contributing to occasional “unhealthy”…
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Council Concerned Over Reports of Land Contamination from Oklahoma Incinerator
– by Josh Newtown, April 23, 2014, Tahlequah Daily Press TAHLEQUAH — Negotiations involving the purchase of nearly 20 homes on 7 acres of land near Basin Avenue hit a snag Monday night when concerns surfaced over potential contamination of the area. Tahlequah Mayor Jason Nichols had proposed the city purchase the homes and duplexes as…
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