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Trees Are Not the Solution to Our Electricity Needs
– by Marvin Roberson, April 27, 2014. Source: Detroit Free Press There is a lot of concern in Michigan, especially the Upper Peninsula, about meeting future electrical needs. Many aging, polluting coal plants are soon to go offline, as they should. New coal plants are unlikely to replace them, and would be a poor choice even…
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Fire at Brand New Biomass Incinerator in Rothschild, Wisconsin
-April 11, 2014. Source: Wasau Daily Herald ROTHSCHILD — Firefighters extinguished a blaze that ignited in a dust collector at the Domtar biomass power plant early Friday morning. Rothschild Fire Department crews responded to the plant just before 4:30 a.m., said Chief Marc Hill. When crews got to the plant, a fire was burning inside the dust collector and…
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Aborted Fetuses Sent to Oregon, Incinerated for Energy
[No intention of getting into pro-choice vs. pro-life discussion–it’s just important to know where your energy comes from. -Ed.] – by Joe Schaeffer, April 23, 2014. Source: Newsmax Aborted human fetuses are being shipped from British Columbia to the United States, where they are incinerated to provide electricity for Oregon residents. The British Columbia Health Ministry…
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Dirty Biomass Facility Proposed for Nebraska
– by Erin Voegele, April 25, 2014. Source: Biomass Magazine A proposed project under development by Southwest Renewable Resources aims to develop a unique biomass fuel production facility and up to 25 MW of bioenergy capacity in South Sioux City, Neb. Earlier this year, the Nebraska cities of South Sioux City, Wakefield and Wayne, along with…
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Public Lands, Dirty Energy
– by Josh Schlossberg, Energy Justice Now Grassroots advocates have done a bang up job alerting the American public to the disturbing health and environmental impacts of the extraction, transportation, and generation of dirty energy (fossil fuels, nuclear power, and biomass/trash incineration). Greenhouse gases, air pollution, and water contamination from energy sources requiring smokestacks or…
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Biomass Lease Terminated by Jasper Clean Energy in Indiana
– by Matthew Crane, April 21, 2014. Source: Dubois County Free Press Dr. Norma Kreilein, her husband, Mike, Alec Kalla and Rock Emmert were all in session during the Jasper Utility Service Board (USB) meeting Monday night — the eve of Earth Day — when it was announced that Jasper Clean Energy would be terminating the lease…
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Are Climate Claims for Burning Renewable Trees a Smokescreen?
– by Robert McClure, April 21, 2014. Source: The Tyee/Investigate West Nestled into a seaside forest on the University of British Columbia’s lands, amid a carpet of sword ferns and salal, sits a gleaming industrial facility that’s been hailed as a significant step toward a carbon-neutral future for B.C., Canada and even the world. The wood-gas…
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Ethanol Plant at Buffalo Lake, MN Cited
– April 14, 2014. Source: KDUZ/KARP St. Paul, Minn.– The ethanol plant in Buffalo Lake formerly owned by Minnesota Energy is in the process of correcting water and air quality permit violations, and must pay a $10,000 civil penalty, according to an agreement with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). In October 2012, Renville County officials…
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A New Kind of Pipeline…for CO2?
[Pipelines aren’t just for fossil fuels anymore. -Ed.] – by Russell Hubbard, April 12, 2014. Source: Omaha World-Herald A Wyoming oil company told Nebraska ethanol producers Friday that a $1 billion carbon dioxide pipeline across the state would mean up to $50 million a year in new revenue for them. Scott Hornafius, president of Elk Petroleum,…
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Biomass Energy Drives Wood Shortage in Nova Scotia
– Rachel Brighton, October 10, 2014, The Chronicle Herald [More evidence of biomass energy competing for limited wood source.] Opening up long-term access to western Crown lands will relieve some of the pressure that has been building in the forestry sector this year. This week the province announced that 16 sawmills and manufacturers had been granted…
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