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Baltimore students rally against giant waste incinerator
Yesterday, we joined the high school students in Baltimore for their excellent 100-strong march/rally against a plan for the nation’s largest waste incinerator, planned by Energy Answers within a mile of their school in one of the nation’s most polluted zip codes. It would burn 4,000 tons/day of trash, tires, shredded cars and wood waste, not…
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Solar Catches on in Iowa
By Karen Uhlenhuth December 18, 2013 Midwest Energy News Iowa is well established as a national leader in wind energy and biofuels. And now the state is poised for serious growth in solar as well. “The market is exploding in Iowa,” says Tim Dwight, a former Iowa Hawkeye and NFL star who has become one of his…
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What if Energy Justice Network Pulled the Plug…?
What if Energy Justice Network Pulled the Plug…? Illness. Loss of a job. Divorce. Three of the most stressful things that can happen to you. Living near a dirty energy facility is also right up there near the top of the list. The shadow of uncertainty, worry, and frustration that the proposal of a polluting biomass…
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Battle for Arctic Energy
CNBC By Reuters December 10, 2013 Predisdent Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s Military to increase its focus on the Arctic and finish plans by the end of the year to upgrade military bases in the resource-rich region where world powers jostle for control. Speaking to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin praised the military’s work in the…
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West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment
West Coast Wood Exports Undercut Economy and Environment – by Samantha Chirillo, Energy Justice Network Since the European Union (EU) countries set high carbon reduction standards and counted biomass energy as carbon neutral and renewable, biomass exports from the southeastern U.S. have skyrocketed. Now, as Japan looks for an alternative to nuclear energy, as U.S. corporations…
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AUDIO: “Exporting Our Forests and Economy” ANTI-BIOMASS INCINERATION CAMPAIGN CALL (December 2013)
Anti-Biomass Incineration Campaign – National Conference Call Thursday, December 5, 2013 TOPIC: “Exporting Our Forests and Economy” RECORDING: Biomass Incinerator Noise – December 2013 We discuss the economic and environmental impacts of shipping logs, wood pellets, and other forest products overseas from the West and East coasts in the U.S. Guest speakers: -Roy Keene, Public Interest…
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Wind is Successfully Competing
Conway IrwinDecember 7, 2013 GreenTechMedia Morgan Stanley is seeing “vicious competition” between coal plants and wind farms in resource-rich regions. More efficient technologies, combined with low costs and strong wind resources, are making wind cost-competitive with some of the cheapest forms of fossil energy in the Midwest. “In the Midwest, we’re now seeing power agreements…
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How Deep Do Property Lines Extend
By JIM MALEWITZ Published: December 5, 2013 The New York Times A case involving the disposal of industrial wastewater pits two interests that are dear to many Texans against each other: oil and gas resources versus private property rights. A decision by the state’s highest civil court could have major implications for both. The Texas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear…
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Solar Jobs Could Brighten the Economy
By Marc Lifsher November 13, 2013, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County could create tens of thousands of new jobs and reduce global-warming-causing carbon emissions if solar-voltaic panels are installed on just 5% of available rooftops, says a just-issued report. The study by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA, released Wednesday, predicts that 29,000 installer…
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EPA eGRID 2010 CO2, SO2 and NOx Emissions Data for U.S. Electric Power Plants
The following data is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 eGRID database, which has data for all electric generating plants in the U.S. Our copy of this data, organized to produce the charts below, is available here. [Note that, while this data makes natural gas look clean, it’s only looking at smokestack emissions. Natural…
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