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Race, Class and the proposed Cove Point, Maryland – LNG Terminal
While being a very bad idea, the proposed LNG terminal at Cove Point Maryland does not appear to be a blantant case of race or class based discrimination in its location. I use JusticeMap.org (beta) to analyze the proposed location. You can see that the income for the immediate census tract is actually higher than the more distant ones,…
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Methane’s Global Warming Potential makes Gas worse than Coal for Climate
We just updated our page on natural gas with links to the latest studies showing that methane is far more potent for global warming than EPA considers it. Next time you’re hearing how much natural gas is a transition fuel or that it’s better than coal — or that landfill gas should be burned for energy (which releases more methane than…
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New Law Will Make Biomass Heating Cheaper in Massachusetts
– by Shira Schoenberg, December 1, 2014, Mass Live A new law that goes into effect in January will make it cheaper to use renewable energy to heat a home – and could provide a boost to the wood industry in rural parts of Western Massachusetts. “This is going to help (renewable) technologies compete with and…
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Commercial Use of Wood Energy is Heating Up
– by Michael Mccord, November 26, 2014, New Hampshire Business Review New Hampshire’s recently released 10-year energy strategy acknowledged an ongoing fact of life for the state’s commercial and residential sectors: New Hampshire imports 100 percent of its fossil fuels and natural gas. According to the NH Wood Energy Council, New Hampshire pays more than $1…
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VICTORY: Environmental Justice and Zero Waste Win over Increased Trash Burning in Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis residents have just stopped the planned expansion of the trash incinerator in their city, and have set their county on the path to zero waste! The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC), is capable of burning 1,212 tons of trash a day, but has been limited by permits to burning 1,000 tons/day. The county has been seeking to…
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Obama’s New Year’s Resolution? More Fracking.
The 2014 US Climate Action Report to the United Nations is out. The official line from the White House is celebrating how the US is going to meet the 2009 Copenhagen greenhouse gas emissions commitment. However, we read the fine print and here is Barack Obama’s fracking plan for electricity generation in 2020: “Natural gas-fired…
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Tire Burner Stopped in White Deer, PA!
First major victory of the year… a community we’ve been supporting since October 2011 to stop a planned tire incinerator just won! In White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, En-Tire Logistics proposed the White Deer Energy Project, which would have burned tires to power the National Gypsum plant next door. The company pulled out of the project, withdrawing…
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Mapping Race and Income – JusticeMap.org (BETA)
JusticeMap.org (BETA) is an exciting new initiative to map race and income at a very high level of resolution for the entire United States. We’re using data from the 2010 Census (race) and American Community Survey (income) and some software (TileMill) to create a series of map layers. The project is supported by the Sunlight Foundation. https://www.justicemap.org/…
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Thanks for the Support!
Our end of the year fundraising drive raised a record $10,000 in donations! Thanks to everyone for the support and we will be fighting hard for and with you in 2014.
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Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign Coordinator in Jeopardy
Dear Biomass Busters, As most of you know, I have been a coordinator for the national Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign for the past couple years. This year the amazing Samantha Chirillo joined me as co-coordinator, based in the biomass battleground state of Oregon. Together, working with all of you great bio-masochists, we’ve pushed back hard against…
EJ Communities Map
We are mapping all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the US. We are building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind them.
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