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Energy Justice Network gets 131 groups opposing DOE loans for incinerators
In just six days over the holiday weekend, we got 131 groups signed on to a letter to Department of Energy, opposing billions in renewable energy subsidies from benefiting incineration, biomass and biofuels. It included about 100 grassroots or state/regional groups from 27 states plus DC and Puerto Rico as well as about 30 national…
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Dirty Wood-Heaters
– by Dr. Dorothy Robinson, Woodsmoke.3sc.net The most health-hazardous air pollutant is PM2.5 (tiny particles less than 2.5 millionth of a metre in diameter) that cause 10 to 20 times as many premature deaths as the next worst pollutant (ozone). PM2.5 penetrate the deepest recesses of our lungs. As well as causing lung disease, PM2.5…
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Biomass Growth Capacity Drops in US
– May 27, 2014, Bioenergy Insight Five new biomass plants with a total generation capacity of 10MW came online in the US last month, according to the Energy Infrastructure Update for April, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Since the start of 2014, 12 biomass-fired facilities producing a total 20MW of renewable energy have…
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission on Fracking
– by Ronald Saff and Maura Stephens, May 22, 2014, Source: Truthout The American Lung Association has acknowledged that fracking causes massive amounts of cancer-causing air pollution, and has urged stronger regulations, but after receiving hefty donations from a fracking company, the ALA switched to falsely promoting gas as “cleaner than other fossil fuels.” “Sobering Statistics…
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Farm Bill Based on Flawed Assumptions about Forest Health and Wildfire
– by George Wuerthner There are widely held assumptions that logging will reduce or preclude large wildfires and beetle outbreaks. The recent Farm Bill provision that would allow categorical exclusion to log up to 3000 acres without NEPA review is based on flawed assumptions about forest health and wildfire. 1. LARGE WILDFIRE CLIMATE DRIVEN Large…
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Couple Suing Iowa Ethanol Plant
– May 21, 2014, WhoTV.com localtvwhotv.wordpress.com A Nevada couple is suing a cellulosic ethanol plant after a fire threatened their home. Ernest and Barbara Clark are suing DuPont Danisco. They are claiming the company has acted recklessly and carelessly in storing the highly combustible corn stover across from their home. On March 31st, at least eight…
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Concerns Voiced over Nova Scotia Biomass Logging
– by Lois Ann Dort, Guysborough Journal Last week Nova Scotia Power held one of many regional committee meetings at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Members of the Municipality of the District of Guysbrough council were on hand and voiced concerns about the harvesting of biomass in the district to supply the biomass plant at Point…
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Connecticut Buys Fake “Clean” Energy from New Hampshire Biomass Incinerator
[Other than ignoring all health and environmental impacts of biomass incineration, this article falsely claims that the Burgess BioPower incinerator in New Hampshire can operate at 90% efficiency, while in reality biomass power incinerators operate at 20-25% efficiency. -Ed.] – by Geoffrey Craig and Derek Sands, Platts Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved on Tuesday a New…
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A Victim of Woodsmoke Pollution
– by Shirley Brandie, WoodBurnerSmoke.net In 2000, we bought a home to enjoy our retirement in. It was perfect for us! Everything on one floor, a surrounding deck, and a large expanse of lawn. Little did we know that, in 2002, our lives would be changed dramatically! Beginning in 2002, our home became surrounded and infiltrated…
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Burn It Up?
– by Vic Steblin, Source: WoodBurnerSmoke.net Humans have been burning for much of history. Africa burns its savanna annually and the smoke can be seen from space. Australia and Mediterranean areas regularly burn off hazardous undergrowth. Logging companies burn off residue according to professional forestry codes. Ranchers and farmers burn old grass and crops to release nutrients. Even lightning…
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