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EPA Begins to Address Biomass Emissions in Permits Following Court Decision
– by Andrew Childers, March 28, 2014. Source: Environment Reporter The Environmental Appeals Board partially remanded an air pollution permit for a waste-to-energy facility in Puerto Rico after it failed to account for greenhouse gas emissions from biomass. The Energy Answers Arecibo LLC permit is one of the first to address emissions from biomass in the wake of…
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Vermont: The Little State that Could?
– by Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch nosagbigsign I am fortunate to live in the tiny state of Vermont, a state that has boldly led the way on so many issues it’s hard to list them all. We were the first to pass same-sex marriage and to take serious steps to make health care accessible to all.…
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Are Dirty Energy Opponents NIMBY? Proving Industry Wrong
It’s typical for energy developers facing community resistance to proposed facilities to try to discredit opponents by calling them NIMBY (Not in My Backyard), steering the argument away from health and environmental impacts to simply one of aesthetics. Corporate profiteers argue that local opposition doesn’t have a problem with a given energy technology itself — so long…
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